Naviglio Pavese
Naviglio Pavese | |
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![]() The Naviglio Pavese in Milan | |
Specifications | |
Length | 33 km (21 mi) |
Locks | 6 |
History | |
Construction began | 1564 |
Date completed | 1819 |
Geography | |
Start point | Milan |
End point | River Ticino at Pavia |
The Naviglio Pavese is one of the canals making up the Navigli system in Lombardy, Italy. Once navigable, it is 33 km long and connected the city of Milan to Pavia, and through a flight of six locks to the River Ticino.
Construction started in 1564, but was interrupted 20 years later just outside Milan due to technical problems: the lock there is still called Conca Fallata, which in Italian means "Failed Lock". Building resumed at the beginning of the 19th century and was completed in 1819.
The canal was finally closed to navigation in the 1960s, but work has recently started to restore it back to full navigation, a link in the project to connect Switzerland to Venice by inland waterway.
Coordinates: 45°10′N 9°10′E / 45.167°N 9.167°E
Categories:
- Geography of Milan
- Canals in Lombardy
- Waterways of Italy
- 1564 establishments in Italy
- 1960s disestablishments in Italy
- Transport in Lombardy
- Canals opened in 1819
- Lombardy geography stubs