One of the more unusual sculpture installations in Venice is the Monument to the Partisan Woman next to the Giardini vaporetto stop, the Public Gardens, and the Biennale grounds.
The monument, designed by the legendary Venetian architect Carlo Scarpa, incorporates a reclining statue of a female World War II resistance fighter amid a series of stone steps. The monument is just beyond the seawall on the waterfront. Look for the bronze partisan woman at low tide: When the tide is high, the statue is likely to be partly or fully submerged.