Grand Canal

The Grand Canal is the largest channel in , Italy, forming one of the major water-traffic corridors in the city. One end of the canal leads into the near the and the other end leads into the basin at ; in between, it makes a large reverse-S shape through the central districts of Venice.
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  • Type: Canal
  • Description: canal and major water-traffic corridor in Venice, Italy
  • Also known as: “Canałaso”, “Canalasso”, “Canałasso”, “Canałazzo”, “Canale Grande”, “Grande Canal”, “Kanał Grande”, “Rio di San Luca”, “Rio Di San Lucca”, “Veliki kanal”, “Κανάλ Γκράντε”, “Большой канал”, “Великий канал (Венеція)”, “Гранд-канале”, “Канал-Гранде”, “Գրանդ Կանալ”, “התעלה הגדולה של ונציה”, and “グランド・カナル”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari and Scuola Grande di San Rocco.

Church
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The Basilica di …

Museum
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The is a building in , northern .

Church
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The Church of Saint Roch is a Roman Catholic church…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Santa Croce and San Polo.

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is one of the six sestieri of , occupying the northwest part of the main islands.

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is one of six sestieri that make up .

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is one of the six historic sestieri…

Grand Canal

Latitude
45.43678° or 45° 26′ 12″ north
Longitude
12.32596° or 12° 19′ 33″ east
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
Open location code
8FQJC8PG+P9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 173196996
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­canal
Geo­Names ID
3175933
Wiki­data ID
Q309243
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Grand Canal” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Canal Grande”
  • Arabic: “القنال الكبير”
  • Armenian: “Մեծ ջրանցք”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kanal Qrande”
  • Basque: “Veneziako Ubide Handia”
  • Belarusian: “Гранд-канал”
  • Breton: “Canal Grande”
  • Bulgarian: “Канал Гранде”
  • Catalan: “Gran Canal”
  • Cebuano: “Canal Grande (kanal sa Italya)”
  • Cebuano: “Canal Grande”
  • Central Bikol: “Grand Canal (Venice)”
  • Central Bikol: “Grand Canal”
  • Chinese: “大运河”
  • Chinese: “大運河”
  • Croatian: “Canal Grande”
  • Czech: “Canal Grande”
  • Danish: “Canal Grande”
  • Dutch: “Canal Grande”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “القنال الكبير”
  • Esperanto: “Granda Kanalo de Venecio”
  • Estonian: “Suur Kanal”
  • Finnish: “Canal Grande”
  • French: “Grand Canal”
  • German: “Canal Grande”
  • Greek: “Μεγάλο Κανάλι”
  • Hebrew: “התעלה הגדולה”
  • Hungarian: “Canal Grande”
  • Indonesian: “Kanal Besar Venesia”
  • Italian: “Canal Grande”
  • Japanese: “カナル・グランデ”
  • Korean: “카날 그란데”
  • Korean: “카날 그랑데”
  • Latvian: “Lielais kanāls”
  • Macedonian: “Голем канал”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Canal Grande”
  • Norwegian: “Canal Grande”
  • Persian: “کانال بزرگ”
  • Polish: “Canal Grande”
  • Portuguese: “Grande Canal de Veneza”
  • Romanian: “Canal Grande”
  • Russian: “Гранд-канал”
  • Serbian: “Канал Гранде”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Canal Grande”
  • Slovak: “Canal Grande”
  • Slovenian: “Canal Grande, Benetke”
  • Slovenian: “Canal Grande”
  • Spanish: “Gran Canal de Venecia”
  • Spanish: “Gran Canal”
  • Swedish: “Canal Grande”
  • Thai: “คลองใหญ่”
  • Turkish: “Büyük Kanal”
  • Ukrainian: “Гранд-канал”
  • Urdu: “گرینڈ کینال (وینس)”
  • Urdu: “گرینڈ کینال”
  • Venetian: “Canal Grando”
  • Vietnamese: “Kênh đào Chính của Venezia”
  • Welsh: “Camlas Grand”
  • “Canal Grande”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: San Marco and Cannaregio.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Campo San Rocco and Leonardo da Vinci.

Venice: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Murano and Venice Marco Polo Airport.

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