This is how venice was built on water

What's amazing is that these WOODEN poles didn't rot and break down over the years, bringing the whole building down.

This video simultaneously explain it and doesn't explain it.

there must be a large amount of maintenance and careful inspection done to those wooden logs after hundreds of years I imagine

Whats amazing is the smell of shit in the water

What makes me wonder is how intelligent, knowledge and information that the engineers had during this time and era , the architect and engineers did an awesome job.

If global warming exists and the ice is melting wouldn't Veince be under water by now?

These 1600 years old wood still stand there to support the city. These woods are insanly protected by beneath the mud non oxigen environment.

They constantly replace the pillars but I believe not nearly at the rate required. The whole city is sinking. And indeed regularly floods as a matter of course. A micro tourist industry has developed around having lunch wearing wellingtons as the water laps at your feet. It’s utterly charming and Italian. Also pretty symbolic of the ephemeral nature of all our civilisations.

Venice is one of the most underrated empires in history.

Did you know Venice was built on water out of pure survival? Back in the 5th century, locals fled invading armies by escaping into marshy lagoon mudflats. To build a permanent city, they drove millions of wooden logs deep into the subsoil to create solid stone foundations like what you see in the vid

Water is toxic. An American actress, forgot her name, fell into the water while filming a movie, and had a chronic infection of the eyes the rest of her life. It’s ok to take a boat but you should never touch the water.

Kindness

And yet simple flooding some corrupt government of the world cannot solve properly, risking the lives and property of her citizens.

A community in Lagos Nigeria needs to copy this system too

They upgraded them to metallic pegs in the 80s

Mind-blowing engineering! Venice isn't floating, it's standing on an "upside-down forest" of millions of wooden piles (alder, oak, larch) hammered into the lagoon mud until they hit firmer clay.

I wish Makoko could be like this

Well no. The wooden poles were driven so deep into the mud that the upper end was quite below the top mud layer. Then came the stone foundations. So the poles were not exposed to oxygen and any creepy crawlies that might eat the wood or burrow in it.

Здорово, но зачем?

Is that up to code? Did they pay for a building permit at their local office?

Ein frühes Meisterstück des Spezialtiefbaus. Spezialtiefbau, die Königsdisziplin der Geotechnik.

Real timber can last for years

I wonder why they built a city on water back then though. How can they do that kind of foundation back on those years?

All this without a single Teams deep dive

Show us how their sewer system works

Old generation were working in some crazy circumstances thank god I grew up in this one

No be who shout loudest dey win. No be who get connection dey last. No be who start first dey finish Na who dey consistent. Na who dey quiet dey work. Keep doing your thing.

@grok did they use black locust for the pilings?

I wouldn't be surprised if the building starts to sink.

Hahaha yeah sure

This doesn’t tell the whole story, Venice also has a stone layer in the foundation

Technology of old is the real deal. They got their inspiration from fallen angels.

But why?

Fascinating engineering! 🌊🏛️ It’s amazing how Venice was built on wooden piles driven deep into the lagoon, creating a foundation that’s lasted for centuries. Human ingenuity is truly remarkable. 👏

因为全球变暖，海水上涨，威尼斯将慢慢的消失😱