Grand Canal
Name of Building
Grand Canal
Town or City, Country where the building was originally established
Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
Date the building was designed and/or first built
486 BC
Name of Architect, Builder, or Primary Patron Responsible
Unknown, multi-dynasty project
Culturally Specific Time Period
Sui Dynasty, China
Geo-Location
31.26116214873241, 120.59158416990925
Materials
Clay Brick
Wood
Stone
Size and/or Scale of Building
1,800 km (1,100 miles)
Architectural Type
Public
Formal Style
Jiangnan water architecture
Image source
Image1: Wanning_Bridge_1
Image 2: Grand-Canal
Image 3: Grand_Canal,_tour_boats,_Suzhou,_China
Image 4: Entering_Suzhou_and_the_Grand_Canal8
Creative Commons or other copyright information
Image 1: Creative Commons
Image 2: Creative Commons
Image 3: Creative Commons
Image 4: Creative Commons
Student First and Last Name
Sultana Rahim
Bibliographic references for the item
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1443/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Canal_(China)
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Citation
Unknown, multi-dynasty project, “Grand Canal,” World Architecture, accessed June 28, 2026, https://www.worldarchitecture.artinterp2.org/items/show/125.
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