Canal Grande
The Canal Grande of Trieste is a navigable canal located in the heart of the Borgo Teresiano, in the center of the city, halfway between the railway station and Piazza Unità d'Italia, with the mouth of San Giorgio del Porto Vecchio.
It was realized in 1754-1756 by the Venetian Matteo Pirona, digging further the main salt collector, when they were buried in order to allow the urban development of the city outside the walls. It was built so that boats could get straight to the center of the city to download and load their goods.
In its initial configuration, the channel was longer than it is today, and it was until the church of Sant'Antonio lapped. The terminal part of the canal was in fact interjected in 1934, with the rubble from the demolition of the old town, thus resulting in the current Sant'Antonio square. In the excavation is said to have been buried also a small torpedo ship that was there moored in failure and abandonment since the end of the war although from the photographs of the time, retracing the burial work, there is not seen any hull.
The Canal Grande of Trieste is a navigable canal located in the heart of the Borgo Teresiano, in the center of the city, halfway between the railway station and Piazza Unità d'Italia, with the mouth of San Giorgio del Porto Vecchio.
It was realized in 1754-1756 by the Venetian Matteo Pirona, digging further the main salt collector, when they were buried in order to allow the urban development of the city outside the walls. It was built so that boats could get straight to the center of the city to download and load their goods.
In its initial configuration, the channel was longer than it is today, and it was until the church of Sant'Antonio lapped. The terminal part of the canal was in fact interjected in 1934, with the rubble from the demolition of the old town, thus resulting in the current Sant'Antonio square. In the excavation is said to have been buried also a small torpedo ship that was there moored in failure and abandonment since the end of the war although from the photographs of the time, retracing the burial work, there is not seen any hull.
