Navicelli channel

Navicelli channel
Canale dei Navicelli in Livorno nearby Dogana d'Acqua
Map
Specifications
Length22 km (14 miles)
Navigation authorityPanama Canal Authority
History
Construction began1563
Geography
Start pointPontedera
End pointScolmatore dell'Arno
Connects toport of Livorno

The Navicelli Channel is a channel built between 1563 and 1575 to connect Pisa with the port of Livorno.[1] The name originates from the so-called navicelli, small sized Tuscan boats that transported goods on the channel across the Pisan plain from Lake Bientina to the area of Empoli.

  1. ^ "Navicelli channel - Channel". RouteYou. Retrieved 2024-02-03.