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# Venice's Filled-In Canals from the Period of Austrian and French Rule
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/v-gody-avstriiskogo-i-frantsuzskogo-gospodstva-v-venetsii-bylo-zasypano-mnozhestvo-kanalov-chtoby-oblegchit-peshekhodnoe-dvizhenie-po-gorodu/
- Published: 2022-08-03T06:09:01.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T18:58:23.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: NB!, Architecture, Geography, Observations, Heritage

During the years of Austrian and French rule in Venice, many canals were filled in to ease pedestrian traffic through the city. It is now hard to imagine how greatly this altered the look of the place. But the drained and covered canals are now part of its history