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Grand Canal, Venice

Venice’s ‘highway’, the Canal Grande, is only one of the 177 canals flowing through the city, but at some 4km in length, 30–70m in width and averaging 4.5m in depth, it certainly earns its name. Snaking its way through the city with a double curve, its banks are lined with palaces,

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