Experiences labelled with 'Viale d’Annuzio'
Although there is little information dedicated to Navigli within the majority of travel guides on Milan, Navigli is one of the most unique areas of the city. The term “navigli” (plural for “naviglio”) means navigable in Italian. Navigli was a series of canals initiated by residents of Milan in the late 12th century, first to defend the city and later to provide a trade route for commercial water transport. In the late 15th century, Leonardo da Vinci himself worked on one of the canals of Navigli. Da Vinci designed a system of docks to bypass the rapids of the river from which the canal was feeding. In 1979, water freight transport stopped, and several of Navigli's canals were eradicated. Naviglio Martesana still runs east of ...
