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This water bus stop is named after the famous bridge behind it, 'Rialto'. Water bus stops are all along the Grand Canal. The Grand Canal has been described by the French writer Philippe de Commines in the 15th century as 'the finest street in the world, with the finest houses'.
The Grand Canal meanders through Venice in a huge upside down S. It is 3.5km long, from 40m to 100m wide, and on average about 6m deep. It is lined by buildings ranging from brightly colored houses to stone palaces, dating from every period in the city's history and representing various archtectural styles (Lonely Planet, Italy, 1993).
It is used by water busses, water taxis, commercial boats that supply the various stores in he city, private boats, and gondolas. There are several water bus lines that operate boats in both directions along the Grand Canal, and all the boats use the same stops. It is not uncommon to see one or two boats waiting, while another is discharging and loading passengers.
These water busses are operated by two people, the driver and the conductor. The conductor besides collecting the fare also secures the water bus to pilings while stopped to assure save boarding and discharge of passengers.
This picture was taken on 4 July 2007.
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Comments (20)
Excellent colors, light and details
Excellent! Thanks for the information too!
Venice is such an enchanting place. I really like these photographies ;O)
great town, that Venise !! nice shot.
Super shot!
wonderful image. by the way, the water buses are called vaporettos.
This is a nice picture...
Again fabulous shot Sig with this splendid place!
Excellent shot, a lot of things to see here. Looks very interesting!
Too much people in Venise, thank you for the story.
You're making me feel like getting a night train ticket to be in Venice tomorrow morning! Interesting information and a beautiful tribute to this stupendous city.
Marvelous! A train station with no tracks...a commuter bus station without the panhandlers. Super shot.
Wonderful Work!!!
Another great shot of one of my favorite cities , Splendid Sieg ! Ana
wonderful shot
A lot of activity in the shot...nicely seen and composed..
Splendid place and wonderful capture, thanks for the info, excelent serie, bravo !
I love the scene and capture.the wood boat is almost none existent in the US any more
beautiful:
great shot, sig! Thanks for information. very interesting. The whole Venice series is great!