Discover the beauty of Chioggia

Chioggia is situated on the southernmost point of the Venice Lagoon, and its antique name, Clodia, is frequently referenced by Roman historians. Indeed Clodia was part of a special communication system, made up of navigable waterways which cross the mouths of rivers and lagoons parallel to the coast

The first inhabited centre we reach is Pellestrina. Here there is a very ancient church which has been destroyed and rebuilt several times throughout history. In 1935 it was enlarged due to population growth and since then the inhabitants have called it a Duomo, or Cathedral. Its facade is inspired

In 1853, under Austrian rule, Emperor Francesco Giuseppe granted Pellestrina a new coat-of-arms, made up of the four main families who lived on the island. It is depicted in mosaic form and is displayed in the main vestibule of the town hall. In reality, the coat-of-arms granted by the Serenissima R

The Sanctuary, or votive temple, of the Madonna of the Apparition and Saints Vito and Modesto was built between 1718 and 1723 in remembrance of the miraculous apparition of the Virgin in 1716, during the war with the Turks. The building of the sanctuary thus began after the bishop of Chioggia had de

The Murazzi are composed of imposing blocks of white Istrian stone up to 3-4 meters high, which were erected along the entire coastline of Pellestrina to protect the Venice lagoon from the tides and erosion by the sea. An authentic monument built to defend the Serenissima, it summarizes the history

With the following words, writer Giovanni Comisso leaves us a vivid portrait of the last generations of fishermen and seamen native to these shores: “When Pietro was a child he played with a boat made by his father: he would throw himself to the ground by the canal bank, let it drop onto the w

Until 1962 Pellesrina beach was only a thin, almost non-existent, strip of sand. Today the sandy strip has been entirely recreated and is now about 100 meters wide, thanks to reinforcement works carried out from north to south. Eighteen barricades in blocks of rock perpendicular to the coast were al

The inhabited centre of San Pietro is a small, characteristic fishing town north of Pellestrina. The denomination “in volta” means “in flight” and, according to tradition, recalls the defeat or flight of the Hungarian army in 965. After having sown destruction inland, the Hun

The Sanpierota is a traditional, flat-bottomed wooden boat and its names comes from the town of San Pietro in Volta. It is also known as “sandalo di San Pietro” (San Pietro’s Sandal) and its origins stem from lagoon fishing. Its lanceolate shape and upright sides (for the transport

Between 1439 and 1441 the Serenissima Republic decided to take an entire fleet of ships to Lake Garda to counter the expansion of the Duchy of Milan. In order to do so they navigated against the currents of rivers and streams and even tackled an arduous mountain pass, pulling the boats on the ground