{"id":1655,"date":"2023-04-29T11:30:19","date_gmt":"2023-04-29T09:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.venicecitytours.it\/?p=1655"},"modified":"2025-04-11T16:31:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T14:31:30","slug":"venice-canals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.venicecitytours.it\/en\/useful-information\/venice-canals\/","title":{"rendered":"Venice Canals, Italy: interesting facts you didn&#8217;t know"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1655\" class=\"elementor elementor-1655 elementor-807\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3dccc5e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3dccc5e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" id=\"contenuto\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>There are only\u00a0<strong>3 canals\u00a0<\/strong>in\u00a0<strong>Venice<\/strong>:<\/p><ul><li>the\u00a0<strong>Grand Canal<\/strong><\/li><li>the\u00a0<strong>Giudecca\u00a0<\/strong>Canal\u00a0<\/li><li>the\u00a0<strong>Cannaregio Canal<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2de7d42 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"2de7d42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8dcfeb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c8dcfeb\" 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The first thing one might ask about Venice is: how did they build these canals? The answer is simple: they did not build them.<\/p><p>Canals were created by Mother Nature. Venetians lived on islands in the lagoon and had to travel by boat from one island to another.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dea18c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"dea18c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3568375 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3568375\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How did they build Venice on water?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19f3271 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"19f3271\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.venicecitytours.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ponte-di-venezia-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-809\" alt=\"ponte di venezia\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.venicecitytours.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ponte-di-venezia-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.venicecitytours.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ponte-di-venezia-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.venicecitytours.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ponte-di-venezia-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.venicecitytours.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ponte-di-venezia.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aff7e96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aff7e96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Venice<\/strong>\u00a0was and still is a collection of islets, connected only by the 340 bridges scattered around the city. Without them, walking around would not be possible. The idea of building a\u00a0<strong>city on water<\/strong>\u00a0might seem bizarre to many visitors, who often ask, &#8220;What&#8217;s under the buildings?&#8221;. The answer is simple: 25-meter-long wooden poles.<\/p><p><strong>Venice<\/strong>\u00a0rests essentially on\u00a0<strong>thousands of wood pilings\u00a0<\/strong>set in the\u00a0<strong>clayey sand\u00a0<\/strong>below. And this was the\u00a0<strong>technique\u00a0<\/strong>initially adopted by the\u00a0<strong>first inhabitants\u00a0<\/strong>who came to this area, who were not deterred by the hardships of the place. Although the\u00a0<strong>water\u00a0<\/strong>in the\u00a0<strong>canals\u00a0<\/strong>is not very clean, it is renewed every\u00a0<strong>six hours\u00a0<\/strong>thanks to the\u00a0<strong>tide<\/strong>, which ensures a\u00a0<strong>daily backflow of water\u00a0<\/strong>into the\u00a0<strong>towns<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a306bf elementor-align-center elementor-widget-mobile__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"0a306bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-xl\" href=\"https:\/\/www.venicecitytours.it\/en\/categories\/top-sellers\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">DISCOVER OUR BEST TOURS<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Venice&#8217;s canals are its lifeblood, weaving through 118 islands and under 400 bridges. 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