In the northwest of Venice it covers 94 acres. It has two very distinct areas; the eastside is very old and typically Venetian; a walk down here takes away from crowds. During thr last two centuries some industrial complex have appeared near the old buildings, and in somecases have repleaced them. Nowadays is commercially important because it links Venice to the mainland, even if this is not very important for the inhabitants that feel good only by water and that think that beyond the Ponte della Libertà, the car bridge that brings to the mainland, there is only...countriside!