Calle Larga XXII marzo is strikingly unvenetian because, as the name suggests, it is a wide and straight street. This is because in fact it was rebuilt in the early 19th century by Napoleon, whose love of grandeur swept away all the narrow zig-zaging calli which had once been here. It was then widened even further in 1880. The name 22 Marzo, 22nd of March, commemorates the date when the Venetians expelled the Austrians from their city in 1848. Today it is the most sought-after street by luxury shoppers.