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By: Venice – Vaccine by vaporetto – The Educated Traveller

Venice – Vaccine by vaporetto – The Educated Traveller — Tue, 06 Apr 2021 09:00:13 +0000

[…] There are smaller, faster water buses operating the less touristy routes, these have fewer stops and are aimed more at locals, travelling to the hospital for example. When we were based on the Lido we seemed to be on the 5.2 and 5.1 all the time. The old diesel engines were the noisiest pieces of mechanical joy I’ve ever experienced. The green revolution is coming in Venice and there are one or two hybrid vaporettos that will eventually replace the noisy, old diesel engines, with quiet, clean, electric power. I’d give it twenty years based on the experiences building the flood barrier across the entrance to the lagoon – known as MOSE (Modulo Sperimentale Elettro Meccanico) which is now operational and protects Venice from high water and flooding from the Adriatic Sea. The devastating high water of November 2019 created a flurry of activity which resulted in a working flood barrier just ten months later (after more than twenty years of mismanagement and corruption) Acqua Alta – Venice […]

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By: Venice – A history of the lagoon of Venice – The Educated Traveller

Venice – A history of the lagoon of Venice – The Educated Traveller — Sat, 05 Sep 2020 12:44:53 +0000

[…] As temperature levels rise globally Venice is inundated annually by high water levels known as Acqua Alta – you can read more about this phenomena here: Acqua Alta – Venice […]

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By: Venice and Perspective – 29th February 2020 – The Educated Traveller

Venice and Perspective – 29th February 2020 – The Educated Traveller — Sat, 29 Feb 2020 21:12:46 +0000

[…] High water in Venice: /2019/11/13/acqua-alta-venice-november-2019/ […]

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By: Venice and the lagoon, a vast natural harbour… – The Educated Traveller

Sun, 24 Nov 2019 09:32:17 +0000

[…] On the recent ‘acqua alta’ in Venice – I wrote this article: Acqua Alta – Venice […]

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By: Venice – there’s treasure in every church – The Educated Traveller

Fri, 22 Nov 2019 09:17:25 +0000

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By: Mary Lou Peters

Mary Lou Peters — Wed, 13 Nov 2019 14:40:54 +0000

Wow, Janet–thanks for bringing to our attention the seriousness of this problem. Those of us who are just casual visitors would never know about this. Stay safe!

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