Grand Canal
canal and major water-traffic corridor in Venice, Italy
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Summary
Grand Canal is a canal[1].
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Venice[2]
- Country: Italy[3]
- Instance of: thoroughfare[4]
- Location: historical center of Venice[5]
- Part of: San Marco[6], San Polo[7], Dorsoduro[8], Santa Croce[9], Cannaregio[10]
- Mouth of the watercourse: San Marco basin[11]
- Tributary: rio de Ca' Corner[12], rio Ca' Michiel[13], rio di San Luca[14], rio di San Maurizio[15], rio di San Moise[16], rio di San Salvador[17], rio de Santa Maria Zobenigo[18], rio de l'Alboro[19], rio del Duca[20], rio del Fontego dei Tedeschi[21], rio del Santissimo di Santo Stefano[22], rio dell'Orso[23], rio de Ca' Garzoni[24], rio di San Vidal[25]
- Depicted by: Venice: The Upper Reaches of the Grand Canal with S. Simeone Piccolo[26], series of twelve views by Giovanni Antonio Canal of the Grand Canal[27], View of the Grand Canal[28], Grand Canal in Venice[29], Regata on the Grand Canal in Honor of Frederick IV[30], The Earl of Leicester and Trustees of the Holkham Estate[31]
- Described by source: Meyer’s Universum, Erster Band[32]
- Has characteristic: tourist attraction[33]
- Native label: Canal Grande[34]
- Length: 3.8 km[35]
- Elevation above sea level: 0 m[36]
- KML file: Template:Attached KML/Grand Canal[37]
- Vertical depth: 5 m[38]