Rooms
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*fondaménta - feminine noun [from Latin fundamenta, plural neutral; also see fondamento] (pl. -e). – English translation: foundations. In Venice, it is the name of the streets running along a canal at the basis of a building.
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Fondamenta
Overlooking the historic Teatro Italia on the Strada Nova, for many years FONDAMENTA (18 m2 – 194 sq ft) hosted Mrs. and Mr. Negrisolo. It is now a spacious double bedroom to which optionally annex our studio-lounge RIO.
*rio masculine noun [from Latin rīvus; also see rivo]. In Venetian dialect, a rio (sometimes rièllo) is a stretch of the urban canal network, out of which Venice’s legendary built islets emerge.
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Rio
RIO (12 m2 – 130 sq ft) was the room where Grandma Giuliana and her daughters used to study. Today, its vocation is preserved, being a studio-lounge that at night can be turned into a bedroom.
*scónta, feminine adjective, from nascósto [past participle of nascondere, to hide]. Not visible, removed from sight. In Venetian dialect, used to talk about a hidden calle (street) or rio (canal), far from most of the people passing by.
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Sconta
SCONTA (30 m2 – 323 sq ft) is a room in another room, i.e., two connecting bedrooms that can jointly accommodate several people, providing them with a private studio and lounge while enjoying the peace of the minor streets of Venice.