The quarter known as Nuova Venezia (New Venice), built during the 17th century, still preserves some of its original features.
Particularly interesting are the Medicean Fossi, a network of navigable canals connecting the warehouses and
homes of merchants which, like those in Venice, had entrances at water level leading to rooms where goods were once stored.
Examples of elegant architecture can still be admired along Via Borra.
The quarter contains many religious and civic buildings such as Bottini dell’Olio – an eighteenth-century
oil warehouse with vaulted ceilings.
Piazza della Repubblica is still admired today for its unusual architecture. It is in fact a bridge covering a long
stretch of navigable canal.
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