Venice's latest “acqua alta”, or high water, hit 150cm on Sunday, lower than Tuesday's 187cm - the highest level in half a century - but still dangerous. “The water has stopped rising ...
Groundwater pumping has played a big role in Venice’s sinking. Artesian wells were used to get fresh water, but they created empty spaces under the city. This made the ground levels drop.
This story appears in the March 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. When confronted with the limits of the known world, a 16th-century European cartographer inscribed the warning “Here ...
The light in Venice is as important to me as the architecture, variety of boats, water and figures in motion. The light, in combination with the moisture in the air, gives each object it touches a ...
A gondola ride in Venice is one of the most iconic experiences in Europe. When I recently visited Italy with my children, it was one of the experiences I was most looking forward to sharing with them.