From Grand Canal, through the “calli” cobbled streets, enjoy the lively life of the Venetian people. In Venice, calli, large calle, the diminutive, callette or calleselle are the streets, the streets that intersect the city forming the complicated maze in which it is easy to get lost.
The width of the streets can vary from 0.60 mt. the destination to 6/8 meters of larger, that is precisely why they are called "Calle Larga": Calle Larga San Marco, Calle Larga XXII Marzo.
In ancient times throughout the city was privately owned, but when they were granted permission to build new buildings, the Republic forced the owners to leave a passage, which became public, between a property and the other. For this reason, the distance between the houses was bare minimum, even on some occasions the houses were larger as a part of the road was projected onto the road itself.