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Nov102010

Acqua Alta

DateWednesday, November 10, 2010 at 6:00PM

Venice has a problem.  At certain times of the year and during certain tidal periods, it gets wet.  It's not technically flooding, it's high water.  Called Acqua Alta (Italian for High Water).  Since the Piazza San Marco is on a low spot geographically, despite its popularity, it becomes filled with water.

People get around it by walking on platforms constructed over the wet spots.  This is what it looks like:

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