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MOSE (EXPERIMENTAL ELECTROMECHANICAL MODULE; ITALIAN: MODULO SPERIMENTALE ELETTROMECCANICO)

Overview / summary of the initiative

Title: MoSE (Experimental Electromechanical Module; Italian: MOdulo Sperimentale Elettromeccanico)

Country: Italy (Veneto region) Thematic area: Security, Climate change Objective(s):

1. To protect from flooding the city of Venice and the Venetian Lagoon, with its towns, villages and inhabitants along with its iconic historic, artistic and environmental heritage.
2. To contribute to the socio-economic growth of the area and hence to the development of the port and related activities.
3. To guarantee the existing and future port activities inside the Lagoon in its various specificities of Chioggia,
Cavallino and Venice.

Timeline:

The launch of the project started in 1973, when for the first time the Italian Government took in consideration the realisation of mechanic structures to prevent Venice from flooding.

2003 (start of the works)-2019 (estimation) Scale of the initiative: EUR 5.493 million (2014 estimation)

Scope of the initiative

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Focused on new knowledge creation (basic research, TRLs 1-4): TO A CERTAIN EXTENT; the development and following implementation of the MoSE project have focused on knowledge creation and prototypes development since the 1980s. However, this is useful to the construction at the three inlets of the Venice lagoon and mobile barriers.

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Focused on knowledge application (applied research, TRLs 5-9): YES; the MoSE project aims to apply the developed technological solutions and to demonstrate its validity.

Source of funding (public/private/public-private):

Public funding: since 2003 (year of start of the works) the national government has been the financial promoter of the MoSE. The Law 443 of 2001, is the legislative instrument that establishes procedures and methods of financing for the realization of the great strategic infrastructures in Italy for the decade from 2002 to 2013, among which the MoSE project. Since 2003, other funds have been allocated to the Consortium Venezia Nuova. The MoSE consortium also relies on lending from credit institutions (private banks) and the European Investment Bank (EIB)1.

Granularity of the initiative (initiative, policy approach)

The MOSE is a project.

Source (webpage)

http://www.camera.it/temiap/temi16/2011scheda[064].pdf

Articles:

http://www.lastampa.it/2017/10/11/scienza/ambiente/inchiesta/venezia-e-il-suo-mose-storia-di-un-fallimento- mfwrL5oVafcx0pBZf1w70K/pagina.html http://www.lastampa.it/2017/10/12/esteri/lastampa-in-english/venice-and-mose-story-of-a-failure- 2XRaxsCgFhcmKEXidalyxJ/pagina.html http://www.ilpost.it/2014/06/18/mose/

Reports

https://www.mosevenezia.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/mose-e-salvaguardia.pdf+

Videos

L'evoluzione morfologica della laguna di Venezia (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIQ8tfgBpCI&t=790s) “In alto mare”, Report, RaiTre, 22/05/2017 (http://www.report.rai.it/dl/Report/puntata/ContentItem-c36818ca-3cee- 4b5b-8106-127567bc70a0.html)

Brief description of the initiative:

1 http://www.eib.org/about/accountability/complaints/cases/mose-venice.htm

The MoSE is an integrated defence system consisting of a series of swing-floating fan winding pads capable of isolating the Venetian lagoon from the Adriatic Sea during dangerous high tide events (between 110 cm and 3 meters). The system does not obstruct navigation, does not interfere with port activities and does not alter the landscape. These works are geared to other complementary interventions such as strengthening the coasts, rising shores and pavements and retraining the lagoon, which today due to floods and morphological degradation, is progressively descending to the sea and the ground level is declining. In parallel with the construction of MOSE, the Venice Water Authority and Venice Local Authority are raising quaysides and paving in the city in order to protect built-up areas in the lagoon from medium high tides (below 110 centimetres (43 in), the height at which the mobile barriers will come into operation). Important activities are also underway to redress pollution in the industrial area of Porto Marghera, at the edge of the central lagoon. Construction began simultaneously in 2003 at all three lagoon inlets, and as of December 2016, more than 87% of the project has been completed. The infrastructural megaproject in the lagoon around Venice, is nearing its completion after almost 15 years of building.

I: Background, origin, mission and ambition
Ia: Origin

Floods have caused damage since ancient times and have become ever more frequent and intense as a result of the combined effect of the rise in sea level and the drop-in land level caused by natural and man-induced phenomena. Today, towns and villages in the lagoon are an average of 23 centimetres (9.1 in) lower with respect to the water level than at the beginning of the 1900s and each year, thousands of floods cause serious problems for the inhabitants as well as deterioration of architecture, urban structures and the ecosystem. Over the entire lagoon area, there is also a constant risk of an extreme catastrophic event such as that of 4 November 1966 when a tide of 194 centimetres above sea level submerged Venice, Chioggia and the other built-up areas. Floods effects are exacerbated due to greater erosion by the sea caused by human interventions to facilitate port activities (e.g. through the construction of jetties and artificial canals); establishment of the industrial Porto Marghera area; and increased wash from motorized boats, which all aggravate erosion of morphological structures and the foundations of quaysides and buildings. In the future, the high-water phenomenon may be further aggravated by the predicted rise in sea level as a result of global warming. Following the flood of 4 November 1966 when Venice, Chioggia and the other built-up areas in the lagoon were submerged by a tide of 194 centimetres (76 in), the first Special Law for Venice (Law 171/73) declared the problem of safeguarding the city to be of "priority national interest". This marked the beginning of a long legislative and technical process to guarantee Venice and the lagoon an effective sea defence system.

In 1984, due to the persistence of Venice lagoon flooding problems, the government – on the basis of a strong political consensus on this matter2 - enacted a second Special Law for Venice (Law 789/84). The new law, besides establishing the “Comitatone” (Italian: Comitato di indirizzo, coordinamento e controllo; chaired by the Italian head of government and composed (all with equal vote weight) by several Ministers, the Governor of the Veneto Region, the Mayors of Venice and Chioggia and two other mayors of the municipalities concerned) entrusted to the Consorzio Venezia Nuova (CVN, New Venice Consortium) the share of the project under the responsibility of the State. The CVN is the consortium of local and national enterprises in the construction and engineering sector (the tendering process was not open to foreign consortia) in charge of designing and implementing a safeguarding project for Venice. To the Venetian Water Authority (ministerial body, of the Ministry for Infrastructures), the role of controller of the budget allocated to the consortium and the achievement of the objectives.

The CVN presented a complex system of interventions to safeguard Venice (the REA "Riequilibrio E Ambiente", "Rebalancing and the Environment" Project), which included mobile barriers at the inlets to regulate tides in the lagoon. In this context, between 1988 and 1992, experiments were carried out on a prototype gate (MOdulo Sperimentale Elettromeccanico, hence the name MOSE) and in 1989, a conceptual design for the mobile barriers was drawn up. This was completed in 1992 and subsequently approved by the Higher Council of Public Works then subjected to an Environmental Impact Assessment procedure and further developed as requested by the Comitatone. In 2002 the final design was presented and on 3 April 2003, the Comitatone gave the go-ahead for its implementation. In 2003 construction sites opened at the three lagoon inlets of Lido, Malamocco and Chioggia.

Regarding the name “MoSE”: before the acronym was used to describe the entire flood protection system, MOSE referred to the 1:1 scale prototype of a gate that had been tested between 1988 and 1992 at the Lido inlet. The name also holds a secondary meaning: "MOSE" alludes to the biblical character Moses ("Mosè" in Italian), who is remembered for parting the Red Sea.

After the official start of the works on the 14th May 2003, other milestones of the project are:

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  • 2003: Major allocation of funds from the central government with the Law 443/2001, aimed to define and

fund the main infrastructures for the future of the country; the law also established a new governance structure, according to which the main decisions for the safeguard of the Venetian lagoon should be taken

2 https://www.mosevenezia.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/mose-e-salvaguardia.pdf

with the agreement of the local municipalities and the Veneto region: the body identified as responsible for mediating among the parties is the CIPE (Inter-ministerial committee for the economic planning); 2013: beginning of the trials on the MoSE project (for tax evasion, unlawful funding and bribes), with the detention of several public officials (among whom the former Minister for Infrastructures and the Mayor of the City of Venice at that time), arrest warrants for more than 100 people and consequent start of the compulsory administration; 2016: the competences of the Venice Water Authority (renamed Provveditorato alle Opere pubbliche del Triveneto; Italian: Agency to the Public Works of the Northeast of Italy) are conferred to the newly established Metropolitan city of Venice (new administrative layer established in 2014);
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Over the last years the length of the project has been repeatedly extended (especially due to the corruption and tax evasion trials since 2013), and the budget foreseen increased.

Ib: Initiator

The Italian central government, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport; with the support of local authorities (Region and municipalities).

Ic: Mission and ambition

The main mission of the MoSE project is to protect Venice and of the other inhabited areas of the lagoon from flooding by high tide3s as well as sea level rise (up to 60 cm) due to climate change. The objectives can be summed up as follows:

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construction of mobile barriers at the lagoon inlets, enabling the temporary separation of lagoon and sea during events of high water level in the Adriatic;

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take other interventions of environmental and morphological restoration.
To achieve these objectives, the Ministry for Infrastructure and Transport (Venice Water Authority office) has designed an integrated system of interventions:

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mobile barriers at the lagoon inlets, to come into operation only in case of high water (enabling temporary separation of lagoon and Adriatic Sea),

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local defence measures (mainly increasing the height of low-lying embankments and urban pavements), reinforcement of coastal protection along the barrier islands (e.g. Lido-Pellestrina island), morphological restoration of intertidal lagoon habitats.
The culmination of the project is still ongoing: June 2020 is indicated as the new term for the end of the construction and the start of management of the new plants, with the entry into force in December 20214. Id: Decision making process In the late 1960s, the central Italian government defined floods in the Venetian lagoon as a matter of "pre-eminent

national interest” and in the following decades issued both ordinary and special laws, linking the physical protection of

the lagoon settlements against flooding to environmental restoration and socio-economic development. The government set the objectives to target, with the contribution of the input of the local authorities (municipalities and region). The CVN (Consorzio Venezia Nuova, English: New Venice Committee; established with the “Second special Law for Venice”, of 1984) is the body concessionary of the Ministry for Infrastructure and Transport, Venice Water Authority office: it is formed by the enterprises working at the MoSE project and is the responsible for the decision making for the implementation of the project. The CVN operates according to a ministerial General Plan of Interventions and is represented by the " Steering, coordination and control committee", established by prefectural provision to manage the communication and relation between the associated companies and the Directors on the MoSE project5.

The Steering, coordination and control committee (also called “Comitatone”, Italian: Comitato di indirizzo,

coordinamento e controllo, also established with Law 798/1984) expresses suggestions for a possible different allocation of the total authorized allocation in relation to particular needs connected with the implementation of the individual interventions6. The Committee, which is chaired by the Italian head of government, is composed (all with equal vote weight) by several Ministers (of Public Works, of Cultural and Environmental Heritage, of the Mercantile Marine, of the Environment, of Scientific Research), the Governor of the Veneto Region, the Mayors of Venice and Chioggia and two other mayors of the municipalities concerned. The Water Management Authority (Magistrato alle Acque di Venezia) – which has been formally replaced by the Agency to the Public Works of the Northeast of Italy; Italian: Provveditorato alle Opere pubbliche del Triveneto) is a decentralized body of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport responsible for the management and hydraulic

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Exceptional tide peaks occur periodically in the northern Adriatic Sea, mainly between autumn and spring, when the astronomical tides are reinforced by the prevailing Bora and Scirocco seasonal winds that hamper the usual reflux.

4

http://nuovavenezia.gelocal.it/venezia/cronaca/2017/03/29/news/nuovo-rinvio-per-il-mose-in-funzione-soltanto-all-inizio-del-
2022-1.15110185

5 https://www.mosevenezia.eu/consorzio-venezia-nuova/ 6 http://www.camera.it/temiap/2014/06/26/OCD177-344.pdf

protection of the Venice Lagoon7. It has developed a specific Monitoring Plan which includes, in addition to the continuation of monitoring during the construction phase, the monitoring of the interventions and investments8.

The “Comitatone” is given technical support by the Pan Office (Italian: Ufficio di Piano, established in 2004) with the

role of providing a comprehensive view of the Venetian lagoon safeguard activities and of the MoSE project implementation, as well as their constant verification and evaluation. After the start of the compulsory administration, the CVN has been at first managed by commissioners and technical directors. Finally, in 2017, the central government has entrusted the head of the Agency to the Public Works of the Northeast of Italy as only commissioner for the completion of the MoSE project: the central government has then taken de facto full control over the project9.

Ie: Linkage to other governance levels

The first governance of the MoSE project (before the start of the compulsory administration by central governmental bodies) was strictly linked to:

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the central government: the Prime minister and several ministers are part of the Steering, coordination and control committee (the so-called “Comitatone”), as well as the representative of the Venice Water Authority (body of the Ministry of environment),

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regional and local (municipal) authorities: representative of the Veneto region was part of the Steering, coordination and control committee (the so-called “Comitatone”), as well as representatives of the municipalities of the lagoon area (Venice and Chioggia).
The second governance of the MoSE project (after the start of the compulsory administration by central governmental bodies) was still strictly linked to the central government and the regional and local (municipal) authorities, whose representatives were member of the Steering, coordination and control committee (the so-called “Comitatone”). The influence of the central government, however, increased: the commissioners and technical directors have been appointed by the Prefect of Rome (with the agreement of the Interior Ministry – Home Office). The current governance (since 2017) is strictly linked to the central government, as the unique commissioner to the MoSE project is now the head of the Agency to the Public Works of the Northeast of Italy (Italian: Provveditorato alle Opere pubbliche del Triveneto), which is a position dependent from the Ministry for Infrastructure.

If: Geographical scope

Local level: City of Venice Lagoon, Italy.

Ig: Time span

The time span of the initiative changed repeatedly: started in 2003, the end of the works is fixed for the 31st December 2021 (3 years later than last official rescheduling). Due to the problems faced by the Consortium in the implementation of the project (especially for the mechanic dams, which are already subject to usury), new delays are expected.

II: Formation
IIa: Driving forces

Key actors:

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The Italian central government, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport; Consorzio Venezia Nuova (The Consortium New Venice): is the authority responsible for the work in trust of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport – Venice Water Authority (previously named Ministry of Public Works);

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The Comitatone is the body for policy, coordination and control of the objectives established by the special legislation issued for Venice and the lagoon;

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Municipalities of Venice and of Chioggia; Important Italian construction companies, cooperatives and local businesses10, which are members of the CVN: particularly influence as they established themselves as sole contractor and beneficiary of public funds since the beginning of the 1980s (with Law 798/84), until the tails on tax evasion and bribery (started in 2013).
Contextual factors/drivers:

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Increase in number of dangerous tides and memory of the losses and economic backlash consequent to the 1966 disastrous tide11;

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Interest and initiative of the local government and enterprises to put in place a system to protect the Venetian lagoon and its activities;

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https://www.google.be/search?ei=IT0xWvL4FcWagAaSvaiYCg&q=provveditorato+nordest+venezia+arsenale+comune +mav&oq=provveditorato+nordest+venezia+arsenale+comune+mav&gs_l=psyab.3..33i160k1l4.6483.8669.0.8801.4.4.0.0.0.0.99.387.4.4.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..0.2.188....0.NEn1eV-csq4 8 http://sistemavenezia.regione.veneto.it/content/monitoraggi-mose

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http://corrieredelveneto.corriere.it/veneto/cronaca/17_novembre_14/sara-stato-finire-mose-430d750a-c90a-11e7-
8a48-f3682c995302.shtml

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http://nuovavenezia.gelocal.it/venezia/cronaca/2014/06/04/news/scheda-il-consorzio-venezia-nuova- concessionario-del-mose-1.9359429 11 http://www.comune.venezia.it/it/content/distribuzione-decennale-delle-alte-maree-110-cm

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Success of other similar projects in other European countries (e.g. Thames Barrier in the United Kingdom, Delta Plan in the Netherlands);

IIb: Approach

The approach is top-down, and closed to external participation. The MoSE project was designed and implemented by decision of the national authorities with the participation of the local authorities (Veneto region and municipalities).

IIc: Citizen involvement

The MoSE project has been widely communicated to the general public (especially, due to the controversies it arose). Citizens of the municipalities of the Venetian lagoon, the national audience, as well as the scientific community, has been informed to:

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    mi. 4 : ' iS r o YA N — _J Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2010 with funding from Research Library, The Getty Research Institute http://www.archive.org/details/anticapiantadellOOtema ANTICA PIANTA DELL' INCLITA CITTA' DI VENEZIA DELINEATA CIRCA LA META DEL XII. SECOLO, Ed ora per la prima volta pubblicata, ed illuftrata, DISSERTAZIONE TOPOGRAFI CO-S TORI CO-CRI T ICA D I TOMMASO TEMANZA ARCHITETTO, ED INGEGNERE DELLA SERENISSIMA REPUBBLICA DI VENEZIA Socio onorario delle due Reali Accademie di Parigi , e di Tolofa in Francia; ED IN ITALIA Della Clementina di Bologna, e della Olimpica di Vicenza. -V*^ IN VENEZIA M. DCC LXXXI. Nella Stamperia di Carlo Palese CON PUBBLICA A P P RO VA Z 1 O N E. Va bombii , qui nuìlum aìiud babet argumentum^ Quo fé probet diu vixijje, prater <etatem. Fr. M. G rapaidus de pgrtìbus ad'tum Lib. I. Cap. IL p. (54 ALLE LORO ECCELLENZE Pietro Barbarigo Pietro Zusto Girolamo Diedo x Signori Vettor Correr Bernardino Soranzo Pietro Trevisan SAVI, ED ESECUTORI DEL GRAVISSIMO MAGISTRATO DELLE ACQUE Tommaso Temanza Alla felice fttua'zjone della Citta di t^enezja traggono F origine quelle fingolarita , che la rendono ragguardevole pref- preffo tutte le Nazioni dei Mondo . La jcelta di effa fu opera della Sapienza dei gloriofi Maggiori di VV. EE. , come opera loro della , e intera Nazione fi è la Jìu- penda mole di quefla Metropoli . Tutte le altre Città del Mondo fono piantate [opra un fondo preparato dalla Natura: la fola Città di Venera è quella , che fu innalzata [opra un piano preparatole l/' da indujìria degT uòmini .
  • ART HISTORY of VENICE HA-590I (Sec

    ART HISTORY of VENICE HA-590I (Sec

    Gentile Bellini, Procession in Saint Mark’s Square, oil on canvas, 1496. Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice ART HISTORY OF VENICE HA-590I (sec. 01– undergraduate; sec. 02– graduate) 3 credits, Summer 2016 Pratt in Venice––Pratt Institute INSTRUCTOR Joseph Kopta, [email protected] (preferred); [email protected] Direct phone in Italy: (+39) 339 16 11 818 Office hours: on-site in Venice immediately before or after class, or by appointment COURSE DESCRIPTION On-site study of mosaics, painting, architecture, and sculpture of Venice is the primary purpose of this course. Classes held on site alternate with lectures and discussions that place material in its art historical context. Students explore Byzantine, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque examples at many locations that show in one place the rich visual materials of all these periods, as well as materials and works acquired through conquest or collection. Students will carry out visually- and historically-based assignments in Venice. Upon return, undergraduates complete a paper based on site study, and graduate students submit a paper researched in Venice. The Marciana and Querini Stampalia libraries are available to all students, and those doing graduate work also have access to the Cini Foundation Library. Class meetings (refer to calendar) include lectures at the Università Internazionale dell’ Arte (UIA) and on-site visits to churches, architectural landmarks, and museums of Venice. TEXTS • Deborah Howard, Architectural History of Venice, reprint (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2003). [Recommended for purchase prior to departure as this book is generally unavailable in Venice; several copies are available in the Pratt in Venice Library at UIA] • David Chambers and Brian Pullan, with Jennifer Fletcher, eds., Venice: A Documentary History, 1450– 1630 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2001).
  • Guide to Places of Interest

    Guide to Places of Interest

    Guide to places of interest Lido di Jesolo - Venezia Cortina Oderzo Portogruaro Noventa di Piave Treviso San Donà di Piave Caorle Altino Eraclea Vicenza Jesolo Eraclea Mare Burano Cortellazzo Lido di Jesolo Dolo Venezia Verona Padova Cavallino Mira Cà Savio Chioggia Jesolo and the hinterland. 3 Cathedrals and Roman Abbeys . 10 Visits to markets Concordia Sagittaria, Summaga and San Donà di Piave Venice . 4 From the sea to Venice’s Lagoon . 11 St Mark’s Square, the Palazzo Ducale (Doge’s Palace) and the Caorle, Cortellazzo, Treporti and Lio Piccolo Rialto Bridge The Marchland of Treviso The Islands of the Lagoon . 5 and the city of Treviso . 12 Murano, Burano and Torcello Oderzo, Piazza dei Signori and the Shrine of the Madonna of Motta Verona and Lake Garda. 6 Padua . 13 Sirmione and the Grottoes of Catullo Scrovegni Chapel and Piazza delle Erbe (Square of Herbs) The Arena of Verona and Opera . 7 Vicenza . 14 Operatic music The Olympic Theatre and the Ponte Vecchio (Old Bridge) of Bas- sano del Grappa Cortina and the Dolomites . 8 The three peaks of Lavaredo and Lake Misurina Riviera del Brenta . 15 Villas and gardens The Coastlines . 9 Malamocco, Pellestrina, Chioggia 2 Noventa di Piave Treviso San Donà di Piave Eraclea Caorle Jesolo Eraclea Mare Lido di Jesolo Cortellazzo Cavallino Jesolo and the hinterland The lagoon with its northern appendage wends its way into the area of Jesolo between the river and the cultivated countryside. The large fishing valleys of the northern lagoon extend over an area that is waiting to be explored. Whatever your requirements, please discuss these with our staff who will be more than happy to help.
  • Defence of Venice Littoral Islands - IT

    Defence of Venice Littoral Islands - IT

    Defence of Venice littoral islands - IT Defence of Venice littoral islands - IT 1. Policy Objective & Theme ADAPTATION TO RISK: Managing impacts of climate change and safeguarding resilience of coasts/coastal systems SUSTAINABLE USE OF RESOURCES: Preserving coastal environment (its functioning and integrity) to share space 2. Key Approaches Knowledge-based Technical 3. Experiences that can be exchanged The measures adopted are the most important protected beach nourishment projects ever implemented in Italy on an eroding coastline with sea wall, according to the most advanced techniques of modern coastal engineering, attributing great importance to the protected nourished beaches for their capacity to dissipate wave energy in a resilient way. 4. Overview of the case The coastal barrier between the Adriatic Sea and the lagoon is constituted by the littorals of Jesolo, Cavallino, Lido, Pellestrina, Sottomarina and Isola Verde. The lagoon communicates with the sea through the three inlets of Lido, Malamocco and Chioggia. Over time, the coastal strip has lost its defensive function. The built-up areas closest to the sea are ever more often at risk.These problems have been faced through a complex programme of interventions, including the reinforcement of the coastline. The measures adopted have been developed from international experienced reshaped for the particular coastline. 5. Context and Objectives a) Context Venice is located in a lagoon protected from the Adriatic Sea by a coastal barrier that stretches for a total of about 60 km. The coastline is made up of strips of land: the coastal strips of Jesolo and Cavallino, the two inlands of Lido and Pellestrina and the sand beaches of Sottomarina and Isola Verde.
  • Adriatic Odyssey

    Adriatic Odyssey

    confluence of historic cultures. Under the billowing sails of this luxurious classical archaeologist who is a curator of Greek and Roman art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Starting in the lustrous canals of Venice, journey to Ravenna, former capital of the Western Roman Empire, to admire the 5th- and 6th-century mosaics of its early Christian churches and the elegant Mausoleum of Galla Placidia. Across the Adriatic in the former Roman province of Dalmatia, call at Split, Croatia, to explore the ruined 4th-century palace of the emperor Diocletian. Sail to the stunning walled city of Dubrovnik, where a highlight will be an exclusive concert in a 16th-century palace. Spartan town of Taranto, home to the exceptional National Archaeological Museum. Nearby, in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Alberobello, discover hundreds of dome-shaped limestone dwellings called Spend a delightful day at sea and call in Reggio Calabria, where you will behold the 5th-century-B.C. , heroic nude statues of Greek warriors found in the sea nearly 50 years ago. After cruising the Strait of Messina, conclude in Palermo, Sicily, where you can stroll amid its UNESCO-listed Arab-Norman architecture on an optional postlude. On previous Adriatic tours aboard , cabins filled beautiful, richly historic coastlines. At the time of publication, the world Scott Gerloff for real-time information on how we’re working to keep you safe and healthy. You’re invited to savor the pleasures of Sicily by extending your exciting Adriatic Odyssey you can also join the following voyage, “ ” from September 24 to October 2, 2021, and receive $2,500 Venice to Palermo Aboard Sea Cloud II per person off the combined fare for the two trips.