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Why Is Venice Sinking? The City's Fight Against Nature
Venice, Italy, is truly a sight to behold ... One big project is called MOSE, which is a set of barriers meant to keep the water out during floods. But even with these efforts, Venice is still ...
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A Stunning Beach Island Has Emerged In Venice's Lagoon (And It's Here To Stay)
Venice, Italy is known for its remarkable lagoon and ... fixture due to a $6 billion miracle of modern engineering — the MOSE flood barrier, a series of 78 five-story-high metal barriers ...
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Venice MOSE flood barriers to be handed over end 2021
Venbice, September 12 - Venice's MOSE flood barriers will be handed over to the city council at the end of 2021 to protect the lagoon city from acqua alta or high water levels, according to the ...
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Venice off guard and under water as flood gates did not function on time
Venice was underwater on Tuesday as heavy rain ... The system of 78 flood gates, known as Mose, guard the entrance to the Venetian lagoon and are designed to protect the city from tides of up ...
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A $6.5 billion sea wall was supposed to stop Venice from flooding. Now, most of the city is underwater.
In 2003, Italy began building a massive flood barrier designed to isolate the Venetian Lagoon, the enclosed bay where Venice is located. The project, known as Mose, is one of the largest civil ...
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Jail term for ex-finance police general in Venice MOSE case
(ANSA) - Milan, November 5 - Emilio Spaziante, a retired general in Italy's finance police ... terms Wednesday for their parts in the Venice MOSE corruption case. Spaziante received a four ...