Started by Inês Carvalho (@tidepoolkid) ·
Venice's flood barriers
78 hollow gates lying on the seabed that fill with air and rise to close the lagoon during high tides. Decades late and billions over budget, but it has worked since 2020.
4 sources · 36 min down the hole
How I got here
- Started with
- “venice mose barrier how it works”
- Ended at
- Venetian Lagoon
The Trail
- “venice mose barrier how it works” (google.com)
- MOSE (en.wikipedia.org)
- Acqua alta (en.wikipedia.org)
- Venetian Lagoon (en.wikipedia.org)
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