The construction of the navigable Battaglia canal in the early 13th century brought traffic and growth to the town which commanded a central position at the confluence of several canals in the network of barge traffic that linked Este and Padua, the Adriatic, the Lagoon of Venice and the north by means of the Brenta Canal, the canalized Bacchiglione and the Adige.

Ferrara (Europa , opposite the post-office ; Stella d 'Oro , opposite the castle, R . 2 , L : 1 2, B . 12 fr. ; Tre Corone, R . 11/2, A . 42 fr., tolerable ; Ristoratore di Pasqua Crovetto , Piazza del Commercio , opp . the palace ; Caffè del Commercio , in the same piazza), situated near the ancient Forum Alieni, 31/2 M . S . of the Po, in the midst of a fruitful, but unhealthy plain . It is the capital of a Delegation , with 27 ,688 nhab . , and possesses broad , deserted streets , decaying palaces , and other imposing reminiscences of its golden period . It once numbered 100 ,000 inhab.

Lake Garda (Italian: Lago di Garda [ˈlaːɡo di ˈɡarda] or (Lago) Benaco [beˈnaːko]; Eastern Lombard: Lach de Garda; Venetian: Ƚago de Garda; 

Sam and companions merely passed through by train on their way to Venice, July 20, 1867. Mark Twain Project: Quaker City Itinerary

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Sam and companions traveled from Lecco to Bergamo where they caught the train for Venice, July 20, 1867. Mark Twain Project: Quaker City Itinerary.

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Camnago-Lentate railway station is a railway station in Italy.