Situated just a few blocks from ponte di Rialto (Rialto Bridge), and Grand Canal, at only five minute walk to San Marcos Square, near fish and vegetables market, in the heart of commercial area and of oldest Venice, the apartment is within the "Palazzetto trecentesco, dei Sansoni, con finestre trilobate, scudo gotico con cimiero e cornice bizantina del IX sec." ("Sansonis fourteenth century palace with trefoiled arched windows, a gothic shield with a Byzantine crest and framework of the ninth century")(Giulio Lorenzettis guide book " Venezia e il suo estuario" page 468-V11- Rialto).