The Navigli are the characteristic channels of Milan, which
once ran along the whole city as way of transportation, making
Milan somewhat similar to Venice. Leonardo studied how to
connect two of the biggest Channels in order to connect not
only the two opposite parts of the city, but also to connect
the two biggest rivers of Lombardy (Adda and Ticino).
In
the Conca dell’Incoronata, in the nice Brera neighbourhood,
you can see the remains of one sluice gate with an improvement
studied by Leonardo, the small hatch in the lower part operable
from the street-level, to better regulate the water flow.
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The
sluice gate today
The drawing by Leonardo |
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