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.

The area was settled by the ninth century, when a small area in the middle of the Realtine Islands on either side of the Rio Businiacus was known as the Rivoaltus, or "high bank". Eventually the Businiacus became known as the Grand Canal, and the district the Rialto, referring only to the area on the left bank.

The Rialto became an important district in 1097, when Venice's market moved there, and in the following century a boat bridge was set up across the Grand Canal providing access to it. This was soon replaced by the Rialto Bridge. The bridge has since then become iconic, appearing for example in the seal of Rialto, California ("The Bridge City").

The market grew, both as a retail and as a wholesale market. Warehouses were built, including the famous Fondaco dei Tedeschi on the other side of the bridge. Meanwhile, shops selling luxury goods, banks and insurance agencies appeared and the city's tax offices were located in the area. The city's abattoir was also in the Rialto.

The Rialto (poetry magazine)

The Rialto is an independent poetry magazine funded by Arts Council England, published three times a year. It was first published in April 1984 in Norwich, Norfolk. The name was a result of a friend enquiring on "what news on the Rialto?" referring to progress with the publication and is a reference to William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice.

Background

Michael Mackmin, John Wakeman and Jenny Roberts were the co-founders of the magazine, however Jenny Roberts left shortly after the seventh issue was produced. The initial print run was financed by an anonymous private source. The first edition included poetry by Margaret Atwood, George Barker, Gavin Ewart and Miroslav Holub, and four poems by Carol Ann Duffy now Poet Laureate.

In 1996 The Rialto made its first foray into book publishing, producing a limited run of "How it turned out" by Frank Redpath. Shortly after this John Wakeman left the magazine and moved to Cork in Ireland, where he started his poetry magazine The Shop. Michael Mackmin continues to be editor of the magazine, and has also presided over the publication of 16 more books and "Bridge Collections"; a series of pamphlets intended as a step towards a first collection, more of both are planned.

Rialto (programming)

Rialto is an open source javascript library for using in browsers. The name is created after a Rich Internet AppLication Toolkit. The library provides user interface widgets, has drag and drop capabilities, Ajax communication. Recently a support for GWT was introduced. There is also additional official support for these server side frameworks: jsp, jsf, php, python, .net. A visual user interface builder is available too. Rialto is distributed under an Apache license.

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Rialto, Dublin

Rialto is a suburb of Dublin's southside. It is located along the abandoned section from the Grand Canal to James Street Basin which was built to serve the Guinness Brewery. This section of the canal was the original (not the extension), but closed down in 1976.

Dublin's Rialto has also its own Rialto Bridge which spans the abandoned portion of the Grand Canal. This abandoned portion of the canal is now used for the Luas Red Line from Connolly Station to Tallaght. Near the Rialto Bridge is Luas stop 'Rialto' which serves this community.

Famous residents

Landmarks

Former Rialto Cinema

The Bird Flanagan

Rialto Parish Church

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Coordinates: 53°20′09″N 6°17′53″W / 53.335845°N 6.298127°W / 53.335845; -6.298127

Rialto (disambiguation)

Rialto may refer to:

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