Rio di San Tomà

The Rio di San Tomà (in Venetian de San Tomà, canal of St. Thomas) is a canal of Venice in the sestiere of San Polo.

Toponymy

The name comes from the Church of San Tomà.

Description

The Rio de San Tomà has a length of about 150 meters. It extends the rio dei Frari in a south-eastern direction towards its mouth in the Grand Canal. It ends at the Grand Canal between the Palazzo Giustinian Persico and the Palazzo Marcello dei Leoni.

Remarkable location and monuments

From the Grand Canal

On its eastern flank

• The Palazzo Giustinian Persico
• The Campiello Centani
• The Centani Palace (Casa di Carlo Goldoni)
• The Palazzetto Bosso

On its western flank

• The Marcello dei Leoni Palace
• The Morosini Palace
• The Campiello San Tomà

Bridges

The rio is crossed (from west to east) by:

• A private bridge in the rio tera dei Nomboli, 2705A
• A private bridge at Campiello de la Scozera, 2826bis
• A private bridge over Campiello S.Tomà
• The Ponte di San Tomà (next to the Casa Goldoni) connecting the eponymous fundamentals with an alleyway va in campo San Polo
• The Ponte del Traghetto or Centani. The old ferry (Traghetto en venitien) of San Tomà already existed in the fifteenth century. It connects the Calle del Traghetto and Campiello Centani.