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Capitolo 3 The active ferries on the Great Canal

5 - Carbon
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The ferry in Riva del Carbon.

The ferry gets in touch the sestiere of S. Mark (from Riva del Carbon) with that of S. Polo. It is particularly convenient for whom wants to avoid the "traffic" of Rialto bridge and of the streets that lead there directly.

The ferry on the Fondamenta del vin.

The landing place on the Fondamenta del Vin is situated just at the end of the fondamenta itself and, for the calli that lead to the inside, one can reach soon Campo S. Aponal. From there one can go on to Campo S. Polo, or, to the opposite route, to Rialto market.
 The "stazio" on the Riva del Carbon is situated in front of Ca' Farsetti, site of the town council. As one can easily understand, the Riva del Carbon owes its name to the fact that there one used to sell coal and there the rafts loaded with this material stopped there. All around one can find, then, many town offices, so that this ferry is particularly used by whom,coming from the sestieri on the other side of the Great Canal, must go to these offices. Going on to the inside one arrives at Campo S. Luca and from there to S. Mark 's square in few minutes.


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