Canal Grande – Trieste

Another of the symbolic places to see in Trieste that you simply cannot miss is the Grand Canal. It was built so that boats could reach the city center to unload and load goods.

It is located in the very center of the city of Trieste, approximately halfway between the railway station and Piazza Unità d’Italia.

Around the Grand Canal there are many shops, restaurants, cafes where you can drink the famous “Aperol Spritz” or a cup of Italian coffee. When ordering an “Aperol Spritz” or any other drink, you receive some snacks such as a piece of pizza, chips, olives or similar small snacks. From time to time there are culinary exhibitions on the left bank, where you can try food from different regions of Italy.

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History

It was built between 1754 and 1756 by the Venetian Matteo Pirona, further digging the main collector of the salt pans, when these were buried to allow the urban development of the city outside its walls. It was built so that boats could come directly to the city center to unload their goods.

In its initial conformation, the canal was longer than it is today, reaching as far as the church of Sant’Antonio. The terminal part of the canal was buried in 1934, with rubble resulting from the demolition of the old city, thus obtaining the current Piazza Sant’Antonio. In the burial it is said that a small torpedo boat, moored there in failure and abandoned since the end of the war, was also buried, although from the photographs of the time, depicting the burial works, no hull can be seen.

Source: www.wikipedia.org