Il Naviglio Pavese it is 33 kilometers long and connects the Darsena di Milano a Pavia.
The excavation works of the canal began in 1812 under the Napoleon’s Kingdom of Italy and the official inauguration was held in 1819 under the Austrian kingdom of Lombardy – Veneto.
Initially the canal also had a function of transport of goods and I stay in business from 1880 to 1936. Today it only maintains the irrigation function for the nearby cultivated fields.
The difference in height between the Porta Ticinese dock and the Ticino it is 56.6 meters and to make it navigable it was necessary to build some locks (or locks) which allowed the boats to “go out” o “DESCEND” thanks to small waterfalls that filled or emptied the basins.
Along the way you can still admire some beautiful 12 basins.
The last basin, still visible in the Pavia area Confluentwas the deepest, so that it could function both in the maximum flood regime and in the extreme low water regime of the Ticino.
After this last basin there is a dock 120 meters long and 60 meters wide which at the time of construction allowed even the largest ships sailing on the Po to dock.
The basins of the Naviglio Pavese:
- Conchetta
- Fallata Basin
- Rozzano basin
- Moirago Basin
- Casarile basin
- Nivolto Basin
- Conca di Certosa (in the photo)
- Cassinino basin
- Porta Cairoli basin
- Polygon Basin
- Biconca di Porta Garibaldi
- Biconca of the Confluent
Were the Conche really invented by Leonardo da Vinci?
In reality Leonardo limited himself to improving the basins that had already been developed by unknown engineers.
Of his own invention instead Vincian Doorsthe fixed-height mobile barrier with the peculiarity of closing against each other obtaining an internal angle of less than 180° (usually equal to 120°), as if to create a sort of arrowhead.
Where does the water from the Navigli end up?
Il Canal Pavese it flows into Pavia in Ticino in Pavia (Confluent area) following the course of the ancient ‘postal route’.
