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Capitolo 3 The active ferries on the Great Canal

2 - Ferrovia
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The ferry of S.Simeon Piccolo.

From the fondamenta of S. Simeon Piccolo one gets easily to Piazzale Roma, to the university faculty of " Architecture", to the Scuola Grande di S. giovanni Evangelista and to the basilica of S. Maria Gloriosa dei Frari.
 From the fondamenta of S. Lucia one can go into Lista di Spagna, area rich of commercial activities, and from there , through the Guglie bridge, into the sestiere of Cannaregio. The Lista di spagna is so called for the presence of the palace of the Spanish ambassadors; "lista", in fact, was called every vicinity of palace of an ambassador.


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