Historical Markets and Urban Regeneration: The Case of Venice
Journal title STORIA URBANA
Author/s Donatella Calabi
Publishing Year 2026 Issue 2025/180
Language Italian Pages 13 P. 105-117 File size 597 KB
DOI 10.3280/SU2025-180007
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This article presents some initial results of an International Meeting held in Venice in 2022, during which several speakers were invited to offer suggestions for the safe-guarding of the Rialto Market, focusing on its activities and on the use of public build-ings and open spaces. Drawing on their expertise, the participants were asked to con-sider the current perception of decay in the heart of the city from a comparative per-spective. Across Europe, various initiatives aimed at revitalising historic commercial places are currently underway. At the same time, this initiative must be understood within the context of a broad and multifaceted debate on the future of Venice. The conference selected several significant case studies – such as Smithfield in London, the Viktualienmarkt in Münich, the commercial districts of Brussels, Thessa-loniki, Zagreb and Ljubljana, and San Lorenzo in Florence – inviting key actors in-volved in these ongoing transformations to discuss possible approaches to rethinking the Venetian central market.
Keywords: Venice, Urban Regeneration, Comparative History, Historical Market, Ar-tisan Workshops.
Donatella Calabi, Mercati storici e rigenerazione urbana: il caso di Venezia in "STORIA URBANA " 180/2025, pp 105-117, DOI: 10.3280/SU2025-180007