Grand Canal (Venice)
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The Grand Canal is the largest channel in Venice, Italy, forming one of the major water-traffic corridors in the city.
The Grand Canal looking south from the Rialto Bridge
Rialto Bridge over the Grand Canal
The Fondaco dei Turchi
Ca' d'Oro
Rialto Bridge
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The Rialto Bridge is the oldest of the four bridges spanning the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy. Connecting the sestieri of San Marco and San Polo, it has been rebuilt several times since its first cons
Grand Canal (Venice)
…the Canal. Because most of the city's traffic goes along the Canal rather than across it, only one bridge crossed the canal until the 19th century, the Rialto Bridge. There are currently three more bridges, the Ponte degli Scalzi, the Ponte dell'Accademia, and the controversial Ponte della Costituzione from 2008…
Rialto Bridge crossing the Canal Grande
Night view
Gondoliers row past a row of gondolas on the Grand Canal near Rialto Bridge
Detail of the relief of St. Mark on the bridge