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Canal Grande - The Grand Canal

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Creator
Terry Plemmons
Date created
May 24, 2007
Location
Venice, Italy
License
This photograph copyright ©2007. Terms of use

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View of the Grand Canal in Venice Italy from the Ponte Vecchio

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The Canal Grande (Grand Canal) of Venice is one of two major waterways winding around the city. It serves as a major transportation route where vaporetti, or water buses, and water taxis share the route with all other vessels providing a range of services to the city. Police, fire, ambulance, goods and materials transport as well as any other public are private service use the Grand Canal to navigate the venetian landscape. This view from the Ponte di Rialto (The Rialto Bridge) includes two vaporetti stops along the canal as seen in the left of the photo.