San Giacomo di Rialto is a church in the sestiere of San Polo

San Polo

San Polo is the smallest of the six sestieri of Venice, northern Italy, covering 86 acres along the Grand Canal. It is one of the oldest parts of the city, having been settled before the ninth century, when it and San Marco formed part of the Realtine Islands...

, Venice

Venice

Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...

, northern Italy

Italy

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. It is believed to be the oldest church in the city, supposedly consecrated in the year 421. It survived a fire in the Rialto

Rialto

The Rialto is and has been for many centuries the financial and commercial centre of Venice. It is an area of the San Polo sestiere of Venice, Italy, also known for its markets and for the Rialto Bridge across the Grand Canal....

in the early 16th century. It is notable for the large 15th century clock above the entrance, a useful item in the Venetian business district.