malpassi

Updated: May 2, 2025

Mark's Place, "partly covered by turf, and planted with a few trees; and on account of its pleasant aspect called Brollo or Broglio, that is to say, Garden." The canal passed through it, over which is built the bridge of the Malpassi. Galliciolli, lib. Theodore and St. Geminian, as the little piazza, of Torcello lies between its "palazzo" and cathedral.

John Ruskin - Stones of Venice [introductions]