From the west approach, San Moise appears where the Calla Larga Marzo opens up into a plaza. This street is one of the widest ones in Venice. The street was built in 1880, to commemorate the date that the Venetians expelled the Austrians in 1848. Daniel Manin then proclaimed a new Venetian Republic. It was a short-lived independence, only seventeen months. The Austrians were back in 1849 and defeated the Venetian rebels.
|