The intention to create a large green area was implemented in the 1830s by Teresa Mosconi - wife of Count Spiridione Papadopoli - who at the time, together with her husband, took over from the Quadri family.
In order to realize the wishes of the Papadopoli couple, the monastery dedicated to Santa Croce - which gave its name to the entire district - one of the oldest in Venice had to be demolished; today, in memory of this place of prayer, there are two toponyms, Fondamenta della Croce and Fondamenta del Monastero. In the nineteenth century the garden occupied 12,000 square meters
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