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Santa Lucia to Palazzo Flangini

The Grand Canal is best admired from a gondola or a vaporetto.
Several lines travel the length of the canal (see p284) but only the
No. 1 goes slowly enough for you to take in any of the palaces.
The journey from the station to San Zaccaria takes about 40
minutes. Nearly 4 km (2 miles) long, the canal varies in width
from 30 to 70 m (98 to 230 ft) and is spanned by four bridges,
the Scalzi, the Rialto, the Accademia and the Constituzione.
The modern Constituzione bridge links Piazzale Roma and Locator Map
Santa Lucia station.

Santa Maria di
Nazareth is known
today as the Scalzi,
after the supposedly
“shoeless” Carmelites
who founded it (see
p149). Within is the
tomb of Ludovico
Manin, last of
the doges.

Santa Lucia railway station
(see p280), built in the mid-
19th century and remodelled
in the 1950s, links the city with
the mainland. Ferrovia

Ferrovia

La Direzione Compartimentale,
the administration offices for the
railway, was built at the same time
as the station, on the site of the
church of Santa Lucia and other
ancient buildings.

Palazzo Diedo, also known as Palazzo Emo, is a Neo-
Classical palace of the late 18th century. It is believed to
be the birthplace of Angelo Emo (1731–92), the last admiral
of the Venetian fleet. The palace was built by Andrea Tirali,
an engineer who worked on the restoration of San Marco.

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