Venice Motor Boat

by Jennie Breeze

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Venice Motor Boat

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Jennie Breeze

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Photo taken in the canals of Venice while riding on a motor boat. Past the bridge, you can see the St Mark Square tower. Odd sign. Guess it's OK to wear stilletos... Venice canals. They all run so smoothly with such amazing grace and synchronized rhythm. You're not even aware of the traffic or the wide variety of sightseeing tourists. A very romantic 405 Fwy! It forms one of the major water-traffic corridors in the city. Public transport is provided by water buses(vaporetti) and private water taxis, and many tourists explore the canal by gondola or motor boats. At one end, the canal leads into the lagoon near the Santa Lucia railway station and the other end leads into Saint Mark Basin; in between, it makes a large S-shape through the central districts of Venice. It is 3,800 m long, 30-90 m wide, with an average depth of 16.5 ft. Because most of the city's traffic goes along the Canal rather than across it, only one bridge crossed the canal until the 19th century, the Rialto Bridge. There are currently three more bridges, the Ponte degli Scalzi, the Ponte dell'Accademia, and the recent, controversial Ponte della Costituzione, connecting the train station to Piazzale Roma, one of the few places in Venice where buses and cars can enter. As was usual in the past, people can still take a ferry ride across the canal at several points by standing up on the deck of a simple gondola called a traghetto, although this service is less common than even a decade ago. Consequently, one can only tour past the fronts of the buildings on the grand canal by boat. The banks of the Grand Canal are lined with more than 170 buildings, most of which date from the 13th to the 18th century, and demonstrate the welfare and art created by the Republic of Venice. The noble Venetian families faced huge expenses to show off their richness in suitable palazzos; this contest reveals the citizens pride and the deep bond with the lagoon.

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September 9th, 2012

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