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A long wait of about 30 years seems to have finally paid off with a system that can withstand the tidal wave of the Adriatic when it becomes critical for the Venetian lagoon. For the first time, the MOSE protection system (MOdulo Sperimentale…

The coronavirus is causing a lot of suffering and as such we would all have wished that showing us more sustainable models would not be a disaster of this magnitude. However, since the same depends on how man exploits the planet's natural resources…

Pinna nobilis is the name of a large marine invertebrate, also known under the name of sea castanet, stura or palostrega, an endemic species of the Mediterranean (i.e. present only in this area) as well as one of the largest bivalves in the world,…

The Venetian Villas, located between Veneto and Friuli Venezia Giulia, were built at the time of the Serenissima Republic of Venice as important places for economic and cultural activities in the mainland, for trade and exchanges but also simply for…

The 21st century is the urban century. It has been forecast that urban areas across the world will have expanded by more than 2.5 billion people by 2050. The scale and speed of urbanisation has created significant environmental and health problems…

To Saint Jerome - one of the patron saints of the Scuola di San Fantin, today the Ateneo Veneto - towards the end of the 16th century, Jacopo Palma il Giovane dedicated a pictorial cycle composed of eight scenes depicting the Saint's life; of these…

It was 5 June 1489 when Caterina Cornaro returned to the lagoon after 17 years on the island of Cyprus: she was welcomed with joy and affection by the Venetians, who saw in her a strong, albeit unfortunate, woman. Cornaro's departure was a painful…

Daniele Manin was undoubtedly one of the key figures of the Risorgimento uprisings of 1848-49 in Venice. Most of all, one of the distinctive traits of his person is his relationship with the city and even more with the Venetians, who felt linked to…

The name Costantino Reyer is also known today especially in the Venetian sports environment and in particular in the basketball one. The team of the company named after him won the Italian championship in 2017 and 2019, participated in Europe in the…

The name Costantino Reyer is also known today especially in the Venetian sports environment and in particular in the basketball one. The team of the company named after him won the Italian championship in 2017 and 2019, participated in Europe in the…

At the time of the Dominant, to move from one place to another, boat transport - by water - was privileged, while the connections between pedestrian areas - through the use of bridges - were considerably lower than the current ones: a true network…

Today the banks at the foot of the Rialto Bridge are called Riva del Vin and Riva del Ferro, not far away is the Riva del Carbon, but what few people know is that once the names of the two banks were reversed and that the Riva del Ferro took on a…