Riva dei Sette Martiri
Venice, Italy
Waterfront walkway near the Biennale Gardens
About Riva dei Sette Martiri
The waterfront Riva dei Sette Martiri (Riva of the Seven Martyrs) extends east and west from the Biennale Gardens.
During the Second World War it was the scene of a tragic episode of retaliation against the partisan forces by the German army. Following the disappearance of a German soldier (who was later found to be drowned, after falling into drunk water), the German command decided to shoot seven political prisoners, held in the city prisons of Santa Maria Maggiore, in retaliation.
On the morning of August 3, 1944 the seven were tied to each other between the first two street lamps of the shore, just at the foot of the bridge of the Veneta Marina and shot there. Before the execution, German troops rounded up over 500 inhabitants of the area forcing them to witness the shooting. The corpses were left exposed for several days as a warning and monitored by German soldiers on sight to prevent their removal.
At the end of the hostilities, with the end of the fascist regime and with the establishment of the Italian Republic, in memory of this episode, the Municipality of Venice changed the name of the shore to its current name.
Every year on August 3rd Venice organises a public event to commemorate the Seven Martyrs.
There’s a plaque with their names on the building closest to the site of the executions.
Aliprando Armellini, born in the province of Vicenza in 1920;
Gino Conti, born in the province of Venezia in 1898;
Bruno De Gasperi, born in Trento in 1924;
Alfredo Gelmi, born in Trento in 1924;
Luciano Gelmi, born in Trento in 1925, brother of Alfredo;
Girolamo Guasto, born in Sicily in 1919;
Alfredo Vivian, born in Venice in 1908.
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WATER BUS STOP
West end: Arsenale / East end: Giardini
WALKING FROM
A walk from the Naval History Museum, via Marinaressa Gardens to Biennale will take you all along the riva.
OPENING TIMES
Public space – always open
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