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Fondamenta della Tana
Near the Arsenale's rope factory
Fondamenta della Tana faces the high wall of the great rope factory (or Tana), 1,000ft long. The houses along the Fondamenta are a survival of some of the world’s first public housing, built by the state from medieval times on for workers in the Arsenale. Walk down to the Fondamenta’s east end; this used to be a market, as you can see from the ancient stone plaque setting minimum sizes for fish.
Also see Arsenale, Via Giuseppe Garibaldi, Naval History Museum.
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vaporetto Arsenale
Text © Dana Facaros & Michael Pauls
Image by Till Westermayer, CC License