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The navigli was a system of navigable and interconnected canal
Canal

Canals are artificial channels for water. There are two types of canals: Aqueduct canals, which are used for the conveyance and delivery of water, and waterways, which are navigable transportation canals used for passage of goods and people, often connected to existing lakes, rivers, or oceans....
s around Milan, in Lombardy, Northern Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
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Five canals made up the system:



The first three were connected through Milan via the Fossa Interna, also known as the Inner Ring. The urban section of the Naviglio Martesana
Naviglio Martesana

The Naviglio Martesana is a canal in the Lombardy region, Northern Italy. Running from the Adda River, in the vicinity of Trezzo sull'Adda, to Milan, it was also known as Naviglio Piccolo....
 was covered over at the beginning of the 1930s, together with the entire Inner Ring, thus spelling the death knell for the north-eastern canals.






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The navigli was a system of navigable and interconnected canal
Canal

Canals are artificial channels for water. There are two types of canals: Aqueduct canals, which are used for the conveyance and delivery of water, and waterways, which are navigable transportation canals used for passage of goods and people, often connected to existing lakes, rivers, or oceans....
s around Milan, in Lombardy, Northern Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
.

Five canals made up the system:

  • Naviglio Grande
    Naviglio Grande

    The Naviglio Grande is a canal in Lombardy, northern Italy, joining the Ticino river near Tornavento to the Porta Ticinese dock, also known as the Darsena, in Milan....
  • Naviglio Pavese
    Naviglio Pavese

    The Naviglio Pavese is one of the canals making up the Navigli system in Lombardy, Italy. Once navigable, it is 33 km long and connected the city of Milan to Pavia, and through a flight of six locks to the River Ticino....
  • Naviglio Martesana
    Naviglio Martesana

    The Naviglio Martesana is a canal in the Lombardy region, Northern Italy. Running from the Adda River, in the vicinity of Trezzo sull'Adda, to Milan, it was also known as Naviglio Piccolo....
  • Naviglio di Paderno
    Naviglio di Paderno

    The Naviglio di Paderno was a navigable canal of the Navigli system in the Lombardy region of Northern Italy. Approximately 3 kilometers long, it was built to bypass the rapids on the Adda River in the Paderno Dugnano section of the river....
  • Naviglio di Bereguardo
    Naviglio di Bereguardo

    Situated in Lombardy, Italy, the Naviglio di Bereguardo was a navigable canal, part of the Navigli system. It leaves the Naviglio Grande at Abbiategrasso, heading in a southerly direction to Bereguardo ....


The first three were connected through Milan via the Fossa Interna, also known as the Inner Ring. The urban section of the Naviglio Martesana
Naviglio Martesana

The Naviglio Martesana is a canal in the Lombardy region, Northern Italy. Running from the Adda River, in the vicinity of Trezzo sull'Adda, to Milan, it was also known as Naviglio Piccolo....
 was covered over at the beginning of the 1930s, together with the entire Inner Ring, thus spelling the death knell for the north-eastern canals. Commercial carrying continued on the Naviglio Grande, but the decline was steady and by the sixties it was over for good.

Today they are mostly derelict, unnavigable, or used for irrigation. However, plans are afoot to restore the Naviglio Grande
Naviglio Grande

The Naviglio Grande is a canal in Lombardy, northern Italy, joining the Ticino river near Tornavento to the Porta Ticinese dock, also known as the Darsena, in Milan....
 and the Naviglio Pavese
Naviglio Pavese

The Naviglio Pavese is one of the canals making up the Navigli system in Lombardy, Italy. Once navigable, it is 33 km long and connected the city of Milan to Pavia, and through a flight of six locks to the River Ticino....
 to through navigation.