Information you do not know about the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy
The Grand Canal in Venice, Italy
The Grand Canal (in Italian Canal Grande), a water channel in Venice, Italy. The canal is one of the city's main waterways. The end of the canal leads to Lake Venice, which is near Saint Lucia Railway Station. The channel extends to about 3800 m and a width between 30 and 90 m, with an average depth of five meters, and the channel takes the form of an "S" inverted in English.
Water buses for public and private transport are dedicated to the canal, while many tourists use gondolas to explore the canal.
On the banks of the Grand Canal in Venice, more than 170 buildings line up, most of which date from the 13th to the 18th centuries.
The most famous bridges on the Grand Canal
There are currently four bridges crossing the canal, the oldest of which is the Rialto Bridge, which was constructed in the late 16th century. In addition to the two Scalzi and Academy bridges that were built in the nineteenth century. Al-Dustour Bridge, the fourth bridge that cuts the Grand Canal, was designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava and was completed in 2008.
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