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Venice's principal fresh food market, operating on the Grand Canal in the San Polo sestiere since 1097 when the Republic established the Rialto as its commercial centre. The market comprises the Pescheria (fish market), housed in a neo-Gothic loggia built in 1907, and the adjacent Erberia (fruit and vegetable market) occupying an open quayside along the Grand Canal, together providing Venice's residents and restaurants with fresh produce delivered by boat before dawn each trading day. The Pesch...