Until the mid-1950s, Milan had a large shipping and cargo industry, and Darsena, an outlet port where the Naviglio Grande and Naviglio ... is roughly a 10-minute walk east of the Porta Genova ...
Therefore, "Navigli" the plural of "naviglio," is the name for the artificial canals of Milan. They were built between 1179 (Naviglio Grande) and the 16th century (Naviglio Martesana) with the purpose ...