Lagoon

Facing the Zatere on the other side of the wide Giudecca Canal is another long promenade, running practically the whole length of the island of that name.

this fondamenta does not attract the general run of visitors partly because facing north it lies for a large part of the day in the shade a recommendation surely on a hot sultry day and partly because its buildings are mean and squalid compared with those on the other side of the water english visitors are apt to confine their attention to the important church of the redentore and to the altogether charming little english hospital ospedale cosmopolitano close by where they are sure of a warm english welcome from the matron and her efficient staff but if it were only for the long straight sprint it offers in a city of narrow lanes with countless turns this fondamenta of the giudecca would appeal to the englishman whose constitutional is almost a part of his the promenade affords moreover a most varied and comprehensive view both of the shipping which crowds more and more thickly every year into the giudecca canal and of the heart of venice on the other bank nor is the view of the lagoon from the far side of the island to be despised the little terrace on the roof of the english hospital forms a magnificent point of vantage to the east just across the narrow rio de la croce it is flanked by the refreshing green mass of mr eden's spacious garden with its endless rows of lilies and bowers of roses To the north, the outline of the Redentore church leads the eye on to an extended and general view of Venice, while southwards and westward, war gardens shape themselves into a foreground for the loveliest and dreamiest vista of outspread water and magic floating islands, backed by the far-off mountains of Padua, too coy to show themselves except just now and again.

End of chapter 4 The Lagoon Venice has been styled the gem of the Adriatic.

The lagoon is the beautiful setting to this jewel.

Without the lagoon, indeed, Venice could not exist at all.

As somebody who lived in Florida for, like, a few years, I was – and I was in, like, inland Florida.

I think this is more, like, towards the Lagoons area, maybe on – I think it's on the East Coast.

I'm not 100% sure.

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