Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index One of the six historic sestieres (districts) of Venice, and the northernmost of the city. The Cannaregio canal gave the district its name; before the construction of a railway link into Venice, the canal was the main entrance for visitors to Venice. The Jewish Ghetto was a prominent feature of life in Cannaregio until the capture by Napoleon of the city in 1797. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.