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Venice

Venice (Venezia) is a city built on 118 small islands with around 100 canals, the principal one being the wide Grand Canal. The present site of the city was established in 452 AD when local people moved from the mainland to the islands for defensive purposes. Today, under the constant threat of rising water levels, it remains a unique and beautiful city. Right: The Rialto Bridge, built in 1588 to 1592, has shops on both sides across the Grand Canal.

Above: St. Marks Square or Piazza di San Marco with the cathedral and the Doge's Palace behind.

Above: The 324 foot-high Bell Tower, or Campanile of St. Marks, was built in its present form in the 16th Century but collapsed in 1902 and was rebuilt again by 1912.

Right: The Bridge of Sighs and the canal beside the Doge's Palace. Above: Gondola on the Grand Canal.

Above: A gondola trip along one of the many narrow canals of Venice.

Right: Gondolas moored by St, Marks Square with San Giorgio Maggiore across the Grand canal.

Left: A trip by gondola may be expensive but it gives a unique view of the city and is always popular. The British canals are very different to those in Venice and are far longer in length. If you have an interest in seeing what the UK navigable rivers and canals have to offer there are hundreds of pages of information on my Waterways Information web site at www.jim-shead.co.uk.

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