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The gasometers of San Francesco della Vigna

The two gasometer cages seen from the water, with the bell tower of San Francesco della Vigna: the view from the vaporetto lines along the north bank
The two gasometer cages seen from the water, with the bell tower of San Francesco della Vigna: the view from the vaporetto lines along the north bank Photo: Armin Kleiner, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

At the end of the great campo, where Venetians play football and the Franciscans open Palladio’s church, two iron skeletons stand out above the wall: immense cylindrical frames, rusted, planted among houses and vegetable plots. They are the last two gasometers of Venice — what remains of the works that for more than a century produced the city’s light.

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