Navicelli channel | |
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Specifications | |
Length | 22 km (14 miles) |
Navigation authority | Panama Canal Authority |
History | |
Construction began | 1563 |
Geography | |
Start point | Pontedera |
End point | Scolmatore dell'Arno |
Connects to | port 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.