Monday, November 15, 2010

Venice's Canal

New canal, viale Caprera, LivornoAfter a few months the skeleton of a future footbridge marks the point where the new canal, now flooded, joins the older one.New canal, viale Caprera, LivornoThe part of the canal toward the sea is still under construction and almost dry.New canal, viale Caprera, LivornoIn this point the new dig will join the existing system of canals, just where the historical Venice quarter's “cantina” (rowing club) was. The boat sheds are being torn down to make room for the canal.

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See also: An Useless Dig - Canale dei Navicelli - Viale Caprera - Micropoles - New Venice - A New Canal - Crash - The Dig - Building the Canal - The Old “Cantina” - Along the New Canal - Under Construction - The Bomb - The Buried Bomb - The Wall - Modulblock

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19 comments:

  1. MichelleNovember 15, 2010 at 12:49 AM

    Such a beautiful and historic city. With such romantic notions.

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  2. LifeRamblingsNovember 15, 2010 at 1:30 AM

    i love Venice. it's such a romantic and beautiful place to stroll around.

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  3. RandyNovember 15, 2010 at 3:08 AM

    Bet it will look beautiful after all the work is completed.

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  4. tapirgalNovember 15, 2010 at 3:47 AM

    It will be fun to see it when it's done. I'm sure you'll show us! Funny to think I can see a canal project taking shape that far away.

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  5. Small City ScenesNovember 15, 2010 at 6:18 AM

    wow this is so very interesting. As Tapirgirl said--amazing to see this going on so far away.
    . MB

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  6. Luis GomezNovember 15, 2010 at 7:04 AM

    Lots of activity there VP.

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  7. DinaNovember 15, 2010 at 7:25 AM

    Too bad the rowing club is evicted.
    Nice to watch the construction of little bridges.
    This all kind of reminds me of the old Israeli classic movie "Blaumilch Canal" in which a lunatic digs a 30 meter canal in Tel Aviv
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaumilch_Canal

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O2eYMlSBI0

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  8. Traveling HawkNovember 15, 2010 at 8:06 AM

    Did I understood? This is a channel in Livorno, called Venice. Is it correct? I like the last photo, with all those boats looking as shipwrecked on a shore...

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  9. cieldequimperNovember 15, 2010 at 8:32 AM

    So where are the boat sheds going?

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  10. VPNovember 15, 2010 at 9:22 AM

    @ Traveling Hawk - “Venezia Nuova”, or New Venice, is the name of a whole quarter in Livorno, crossed by canals called “fossi”.

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  11. B SQUAREDNovember 15, 2010 at 2:15 PM

    There are going to be some interesting "before and after" shots with this canal.

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  12. Cezar and LéiaNovember 15, 2010 at 2:15 PM

    People there are working and working a lot!
    Impressive that two last pictures, and those boats without water, stuck for a while there!
    Have a nice week,
    Léia

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  13. brattcatNovember 15, 2010 at 3:13 PM

    Exciting to see how much progress has been made.

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  14. HalcyonNovember 15, 2010 at 4:26 PM

    The project is moving forward!

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  15. KaoriNovember 15, 2010 at 4:49 PM

    So much progress! That's great ;-)

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  16. UnknownNovember 15, 2010 at 5:50 PM

    Very interesting! Do the works continue in the winter, or will they have a break?

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  17. Traveling HawkNovember 15, 2010 at 6:49 PM

    Thanks VP for the explanation.

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  18. FranciscaNovember 15, 2010 at 7:27 PM

    VP, this may be a dumb question, but what it the functional purpose of the new canal for this area in Livorno?

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  19. VPNovember 15, 2010 at 7:59 PM

    @ ciel - No idea at the moment, I'll ask around.
    @ JM - They are working now, but money for the project is running out...
    @ Francisca - Thousands of people are asking the same question here!

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