December 31, 2010
The Grand Canal (Italian: Canal Grande, Venetian: Canałasso) is a canal in Venice, Italy. It forms one of the major water-traffic corridors in the city. Public transport is provided by water buses (Italian: vaporetti) and private water taxis, and many tourists explore the canal by gondola.
At one end the canal leads into the lagoon near Santa Lucia railway station and the other end leads into Saint Mark Basin: in between it makes a large S-shape through the central districts (sestieri) of Venice. It is 3,800 m long, 30–90 m wide, with an average depth of five meters (16.5 ft).

very nice Andrea67 · 2011-02-19: 08:23

I did not realize it was so deep! I have a book that catalogues all the buildings and their history on both sides of the Grand canal...a fantastic work! Your pictures would be worthy of inclusion in there... atszabo · 2011-02-19: 09:43

Venise et ses méandres: un décor de théatre où évoluent les hommes entre eau et pierres. J'adore me laisser embarquée ! josy63 · 2011-02-19: 10:54

Great shots. joycephotography · 2011-02-19: 15:17

really nice shots! love the buildings! ????? · 2011-02-19: 16:55

Beautiful shots !!! finbarr · 2011-02-19: 17:03

So picturesque and romantic. SADHYA · 2011-02-20: 05:39

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