Grand Canal, Venice
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The Grand Canal in Venice is the city's main waterway, a sweeping S-shaped canal lined with historic palaces and traversed by gondolas and vaporetti, forming the central artery of Venetian life and commerce.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Grand Canal, Venice canonical | 2 |
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
canal
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tourist attraction ⓘ transport artery ⓘ waterway ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Cannaregio district
NERFINISHED
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Dorsoduro district NERFINISHED ⓘ Piazza San Marco area (via St Mark’s Basin) NERFINISHED ⓘ Rialto district NERFINISHED ⓘ San Marco district NERFINISHED ⓘ Santa Croce district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| averageWidth | 30 to 90 m ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Baroque palaces
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Ca’ Foscari NERFINISHED ⓘ Ca’ Rezzonico NERFINISHED ⓘ Ca’ d’Oro NERFINISHED ⓘ Fondaco dei Tedeschi (nearby on the canal) NERFINISHED ⓘ Palazzo Barbarigo NERFINISHED ⓘ Palazzo Ducale (Doge’s Palace vicinity at St Mark’s Basin) NERFINISHED ⓘ Palazzo Grassi NERFINISHED ⓘ Renaissance palaces ⓘ Santa Maria della Salute NERFINISHED ⓘ numerous Venetian Gothic palaces ⓘ |
| connectedTo |
Canale della Giudecca
NERFINISHED
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Rio di Noale NERFINISHED ⓘ Venetian Lagoon NERFINISHED ⓘ numerous smaller rii (canals) ⓘ |
| country | Italy ⓘ |
| crossedBy |
Accademia Bridge
NERFINISHED
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Constitution Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Rialto Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Scalzi Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ traghetto gondola ferries ⓘ |
| famousFor |
panoramic views of Venetian architecture
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processions and regattas ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
central axis of Venetian trade
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prestigious residential area for Venetian nobility ⓘ |
| hostsEvent | Regata Storica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| length | about 3.8 km ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Northern Italy
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Veneto ⓘ Venice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maximumDepth | about 5 m ⓘ |
| partOf |
Venice canal network
NERFINISHED
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historic center of Venice UNESCO World Heritage Site NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
commercial waterway
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main public transport route in Venice ⓘ |
| shape | S-shaped ⓘ |
| terminus |
Bacino di San Marco
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Piazzale Roma area NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traverses | historic center of Venice ⓘ |
| usedBy |
cargo boats
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gondolas ⓘ vaporetti ⓘ water taxis ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.