Canale dei Navicelli

   
Il cosiddetto “sostegno” all’imbocco del Canale dei navicelli (A. Matteucci)
Il cosiddetto “sostegno” all’imbocco del Canale dei navicelli (A. Matteucci)
In the 1500s, the need to create a link between Pisa and the future city of Livorno grew stronger, given the poor conditions of the Pisan docks, no longer suited to modern naval needs. In 1541, the layout of a connecting canal was planned, thanks to Cosimo I de’ Medici. However, its definitive inauguration took place in 1603, during the government of Ferdinando I. The name comes from boats about 15 meters long, the 'navicelli' (small boats), which run along its waters. Near the Porta Degazia Nuova a shed was erected to shelter the ships and their goods from bad weather: the Sostegno, damaged during the bombings of the Second World War. The urban part of the canal was buried in the twentieth century and its mouth in the Arno was moved further west, with the opening of a new section. The canal is now navigable.
The Degazia Nuova Gate: The Porta a Mare, or Porta Degazia Nuova was opened at the end of the 12th century. It was connected to the Via portus pisani, which led to the basilica of San Piero a Grado and Porto Pisano. It had a drawbridge, called Degazia, with the arm rising inside the fort, part of the Citadel's control system (including the bridge). The tabernacle of the Madonna dei Navicellai, now in the National Museum of San Matteo, blessed the passage of wayfarers before the spectacle that still today appears beyond the threshold: the church of San Paolo in Ripa d'Arno (10th century).
NOVANTANOVE B&B
AFFITTACAMERE
230m
Via Cesare Battisti, 99
Recapito 340 5468497
PARK HOUSE MURALES
CASE PER VACANZE
400m
Quarantola, 36
Recapito 339 4840897
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AL PONTE DELLA CITTADELLA
WHERE TO EAT, PIZZERIAS
140m
Via Di P.Ta Mare, 7
Recapito 050 525396
RISTORANTE VOLTURNO
WHERE TO EAT, RESTAURANTS
420m
Via Volturno, 23
Recapito 050 2200293
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Rievocazione storica dell'Assedio del Bastione Stampace
HISTORICAL EVENTS
60m
Cittadella - Bastione Stampace
18-09-2022
La Cittadella eventi di cibo
OTHER EVENTS
80m
28-08-2020
30-11-2020
MISSA GABRIEL ARCHANGELUS
ENTERTAINMENT
90m
Chiesa di S. Paolo a Ripa d'Arno
09-10-2020
IL MIGLIO DI PISA - Prima edizione
SPORT
90m
Lungarni
16-10-2022
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