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Fondamenta Ca’ Balà
A 16th-century house with a large hall on the first floor that served both as a living room and a passageway onto which the other rooms open. The windows along the edges of the walls are balanced by the vertical line of the chimney. The house was once frescoed, and some traces are still visible today.
“Fondamenta” means “foundation” in Italian, and describes the pedestrian embankment along a canal. It was (and still is today) a very busy area for loading and unloading boats, much like a dock.
This Fondamenta is very close to the Church of Santa Maria della Salute, one of the most famous churches in Venice.