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Via dei Cordai, 15, Livorno (Livorno)

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Livorno is a water city.
In 1601 the excavations moat works around Livorno walls and bulwarks were started. The moat goes along the pentagonal city walls including the two Fortresses and connect the old to the new city.
The Moat bed and its wideness were changed in two different periods, the northern side was changed in the 17th Century with the building of the Venezia Nuova (New Venice), when quays and gangway ladders were built in the moats to facilitate the handling of goods, while the south-east side in the 19th Century, with the demolition of many gangway ladders, the customs boundaries enlargement and the realization of Piazza della Repubblica (Republic Square).

There are many bridges that can be seen by crossing the channel, some of them were destroyed from World War II bombardments and then rebuilt.
Today the tour takes place on “PAMIGLIONE” boat, with a maximum capacity of 24 persons beside the crew and it takes its name from Piazza del Pamiglione (Pamiglione Square), where there is the renown statue of the 4 Moors. The tour takes about 45 minutes where our tourist guests will be accompanied by a boat chief, a cabin boy and an expert tourist guide that will show all the fascinating aspects offered by the channel path and history, but it is above all a unique opportunity to discover Livorno history and origins, which are based on the harbour and jobs dealing with the sea.

Every tour departure is agreed with the client in order to meet his needs, whenever it is possible, mainly concerning the car parking.
HERE IS THE TOUR
Normally the departures take place from PORTO MEDICEO (Medicean Harbour) area, the place where the boats arrive and where many years ago the goods that arrived there were put on wide big boats called BECOLINI and on these ones they were taken to the cellars along the channels; from here we meet the FORTEZZA VECCHIA (Old Fortress), a monument mostly surrounded by moats which is the emblem of the city; VENEZIA quarter, built by Venetian masters with different bridges covered with marble, historical buildings and standing on all of them the Dominican monastery and Saint Catherine Church; the entry to the FORTEZZA NUOVA (New Fortress), surrounded by moats, was possible thanks to a drawbridge, that has been changed into a wall; SAN MARCO PONTINO, a quarter with coloured buildings that today has become a craft shops prosperous village; we go into the dark by crossing PIAZZA DELLA REPUBBLICA (Republic Square), the biggest square-bridge of Europe; the MERCATO COPERTO (Covered Market), a building with wide windows, food products are sold inside; BENCI SCHOOLS, located in front of the Covered Market, created by the Architect Angiolo Badaloni; the CHIESA DEGLI OLANDESI (The Church of Dutches), Livorno Dutch-Alemannic Congregation Church; PIAZZA CAVOUR (Cavour Square), considered Livorno second important square and finally, while arriving at the end of the FOSSO REALE (Royal Moat) tour we go back towards the Porto Mediceo (Medicean Harbour), finding different Renaissance style buildings along this last stretch of channel.