How long is the Grand Canal in Venice?
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Grand Canal
With a length of 1,500 metres and a width of 62 metres, the "Grand Canal", which was built between 1668 and 1671, physically and visually prolongs the east-west axis to the walls of the "Grand Parc". During the "Ancien Régime", the "Grand Canal" served as a venue for boating parties. In 1674, as a result of a series of diplomatic arrangements that benefited Louis XIV, the king ordered the construction of "Petite Venise" – Little Venice. Located at the junction of the "Grand Canal" and the junction of the northern transversal branch, Little Venice housed the caravels and yachts that were received from The Netherlands and the gondolas and gondoliers received as gifts from the Doge of Venice, hence the name (Marie 1968; Nolhac 1901, 1925; Thompson 2006; Verlet 1985).
Gardens of Versailles
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One end of the canal leads into the lagoon near the Santa Lucia railway station and the other end leads into the basin at San Marco; in between, it makes a large reverse-S shape through the central districts ("sestieri") of Venice. It is long, and wide, with an average depth of .
Grand Canal (Venice)
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The Grand Canal (Italian: Canal Grande [kaˌnal ˈɡrande]; Venetian: Canal Grando, anciently Canałasso [kanaˈɰaso]) is the main central water course in the city of Venice, Italy.
Grand Canal (Venice) architecture
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Later versions of this composition are in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, "Grand Canal from Palazzo Flangini to Palazzo Bembo", about 1740, and the Wallace Collection, London, "Venice: the Grand Canal from the Palazzo Flangini to San Marcuola", about 1740–50.
The Grand Canal in Venice from Palazzo Flangini to Campo San Marcuola
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The composition depicts the upper reaches of the Grand Canal near the entrance to the Cannaregio Canal. It is a typical example of the "vedute" paintings popular with Grand Tour travelers as a visual record of their stay in Venice.
The Grand Canal in Venice from Palazzo Flangini to Campo San Marcuola
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The Grand Canal in Venice is a c.1736-1740 oil on canvas "veduta" by Bernardo Bellotto. It is now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, which bought it in 1891.
The Grand Canal in Venice (Bellotto)
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The Grand Canal in Venice from Palazzo Flangini to Campo San Marcuola is a painting by Canaletto in the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, California. Painted around 1738, it may have been commissioned by the English merchant and art collector Joseph Smith (1682–1770).
The Grand Canal in Venice from Palazzo Flangini to Campo San Marcuola
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The banks of the Grand Canal are lined with more than 170 buildings, most of which date from the 13th to the 18th century, and demonstrate the welfare and art created by the Republic of Venice. The noble Venetian families faced huge expenses to show off their richness in suitable palazzos; this contest reveals the citizens’ pride and the deep bond with the lagoon. Amongst the many are the Palazzi Barbaro, Ca' Rezzonico, Ca' d'Oro, Palazzo Dario, Ca' Foscari, Palazzo Barbarigo and to Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, housing the Peggy Guggenheim Collection. The churches along the canal include the basilica of Santa Maria della Salute. Centuries-old traditions, such as the , are perpetuated every year along the Canal.
Grand Canal (Venice)
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The Entrance to the Grand Canal, Venice, is an oil painting on canvas by the Venetian painter Canaletto. It is a Rococo landscape painting measuring currently held as part of the Robert Lee Blaffer Memorial Collection in the Audrey Jones Beck Building at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, in Houston, Texas. It was a gift from Sarah Campbell Blaffer.
A variant of the painting with a larger church tower and an additional building is used as the Venetian screen in the 2001 video game "Merchant Prince II".
The Entrance to the Grand Canal, Venice
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The Grand Canal ( ; , anciently "Canałasso" ) is a channel in Venice, Italy. It forms one of the major water-traffic corridors in the city.
Grand Canal (Venice)