The Reason Why Venice Is Built On Water | Blowing Up History

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[@duaneayers6117]

A person can learn something new everyday.

[@hatefuleightyseven2962]

I already knew that.

[@AryanIndustrial]

Yeah 👍

[@Kurdedunaysiri]

Venetian civilization and architecture is magnificent. You can see many other cities they have built in modern day Venetia, Croatia, Slovenia, Greece… Venetian Republic had two flags; one for the land, one for the sea.

[@Lukas4182]

I unsuccessfully searched for a museum about this in Venice when I last visited. Now I finally understand!

[@KundanKumar-ul1sw]

Fascinating and insightful video, thanks!

[@fatherbewithme]

Venice is incredibly beautiful

[@nopelindoputraperkasa5869]

Nice sharing video...Very inspiring and useful...Excellent Thanks for sharing this video...Greetings from a traditional Indonesian gold seeker 🇲🇨🌼✋👍👍

[@Yeah-its-me]

8:17 Anyone else notice that leaning tower in the background to the left?

[@robert.potoma]

If I am not wrong it is The Leaning Bell Tower of Burano :)

[@phonetographer5345]

Links not working! Where can I watch full video?

[@adriansanchez4875]

this is pretty cool to learn about as an aspiring civil engineer

[@KeepCalmandLoveClassics]

Incredible Italy 💕

[@Hardworkandrealestateprofits]

Just amazing, definitely on my bucket list 👍

[@3henry214]

How in the heck did they drive in all of those pilings back then?

[@ahronthegreat]

Lots of people and hard work lol and because they were THE FKN VENETIANS BABY

[@justinscheapguitarsandreviews]

And how are they not rotted now???

[@iw7kj]

@@justinscheapguitarsandreviews they are sort of petrified, as I understand

[@maskednil]

​@@justinscheapguitarsandreviewsthe chemical composition of the marsh and soil discourages decomposition.

[@spacecoastaesthetics6990]

Wow. One would think the wooden piles deteriorate over time?

[@mbn9672]

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say these wooden piles have been compressed over the centuries petrifying them and making them stronger, also the muddy foundation created an anaerobic condition where the wood can stay in very good condition in a low oxygen environment.

[@XxBrMagicxX]

​@@mbn9672 spot on

[@johnbooth1110]

the Suez canal was lined with huoen pine , king billy pine and sassafras timber, hundreds of thousands of logs cut from australias east coast and tasmania. Trans ported by ship to the suez canal , These types of timbers were also used to make wooden ships. Due to the resins in the wood that make them impervisous to wood rott, sea worms .

[@nicolabnc8]

@@mbn9672 Esatto

[@BeaulieuTodd]

Great ending.

[@AlakuntadurgabhavaniBhavani]

❤ nice video.

[@pixel_hook]

Was the wood treated? How has it not rotted?

[@charliecharliecharliecharl8554]

A city on wood piles amazing

[@rezartberisha8105]

It was built in water for a reason. It's the head of corporation. Maritime law has the roots here. The boss of law of water.

[@off-world-radio]

But Why??

[@Kurdedunaysiri]

I think at the time Western Roman Empire collapsed and Venetians tried to find refuge on these islands after Germanic invasions of Roman country.

[@hatefuleightyseven2962]

Ahh... Venice!

[@youdrakkar]

Venice is still standing in its strange fish-like shape just because the huge undead leviathan on which the city lies is still sleeping, entrapped by foundation poles used like spears by the ancient builders. But legends say it will break free during the first carnival night of 2048, starting the Apocalypse. Our lives will be in the hands of a few people masked by traditional characters from Commedia-dell'-arte and will be extremely hard for anyone to escape from the sinking city and even more to destroy the leviathan. This is what we learn from a funny and crazy boardgame called Carnival Zombie 2 😂

[@binderchannel9454]

It’s actually a dead city. No Venician living there. The city has stopped functioning as a habitat for its native population. Instead it’s just tourists and hotels and restaurants and bars.

[@stonew1927]

That's a bit of an exaggeration. There are still over 50,000 people who reside on the main city islands of Venice, and over 250,000 in the greater commune.

[@joekuhl3500]

Then it’s not dead.

[@nicolabnc8]

Assolutamente no, la prenotazione e il ticket di 5 euro al giorno per entrare a Venezia è stato implementato da quest’anno proprio per disincentivare i turisti che rimangono a Venezia meno di una giornata e per contingentare i turisti. Venezia rimane una città abitata e sopratutto luogo di studi per molti studenti italiani e non che frequentano l’università di Venezia.

[@coreyjsilva3534]

So.... this original comment is ... what do they call it now?... MISINFORMATION. I always wonder why fools make comments about things they are ignorant of on KZbin... As if there aren't BILLIONS of people on here who will call you out for it... Strange...

[@MMAproAtGOLF]

😂 lies. I’ve been there like 4 times and plenty live there kid Do more research

[@Unknown70896]

It doesn’t stand. Does it have legs?

[@kcdopp817]

Anyone else here self educating for no reason lol

[@dingdongrocket]

you never finished the story

[@risyuk18]

This Water 7 not venice

[@northerners2828]

And china wants to claim that

[@anggriindraprasti6165]

😂 🤣

[@joshmeep1058]

Give unto chairman Mao what belongs unto chairman Mao

[@ktrilla1988]

Duhh Water=power=energy ..do your His-Story ok and not the BS they've been indoctrinating you with 😂

[@davidshaul5265]

Where does the sewage and rubbish from people go ?!!!

[@SuperMika70]

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[@billybunter5575]

i recently went to venice my goodness what a ripp off everything was so expencive a cup of tea 12 pounds stirling entry to a toilet 8 pounds peice of cake from the bakers 15 pounds gondoliar ride 125 pounds no super markets only glamour boys charging you anything they like because there are no tesco or sainsburys what a terrable place and if you go on the gondoliars they call you english pigs then take your money oh besides there are hundred of pickpockets in venice once again charming looking men with thousand pound trousers and shi

[@petesig93]

Anybody who knows how to travel in Italy knows that you never need to pay to go to the loo. You buy your coffee* and then you use the toilets in the cafe. * And NEVER pay for tea in Italy. 12 pounds? They clearly saw you coming. I never paid more than 2 Euro for a coffee. Tea? They know not how to make it, and you will ALWAYS be disappointed, or left in hysterics. Just learn to drink coffee.

[@billybunter5575]

not in rip off venis you dont.@@petesig93

[@TheBogdanator]

Yep. Same . Very expensive. Intersting to walk around but very expensive. 80 - 100 euros to go on the gondola. Stupid

[@skyline.....]

there are lots of cheep shops to get food to cook yourself or precooked if you look around ,but yep it is a rip off city

[@truthteller4442]

Venicians don’t really like tourists. I honestly can’t say i blame them. Tourists clog up everything, drive rents costs up, and their ships are eroding the buildings. If i was them, I’d have the prices up too.