The Grand Canal or Canal Grande (for Venetians also Canalazzo or ” Canałaso “) is the main channel of Venice. It is 3800 meters long (width 30 to 70 m, average depth of 5 m); it divides into two parts the old town by drawing a form of ” S”, from the Freedom Bridge to the San Marco Basin.

There are beautiful buildings, most built in the centuries between the twelfth and eighteenth, which manifest the welfare and art created by the Republic of Venice, making it a symbol of the city. Each year, the Venetians revive the ancient traditions of the Serenissima as the historic regatta.