Venice Magic
by Kasia Bitner
Title
Venice Magic
Artist
Kasia Bitner
Medium
Photograph - Photography
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Venice, Italy.
Venice is a city in northeastern Italy sited on a group of 118 small islands separated by canals and linked by bridges. It is located in the marshy Venetian Lagoon which stretches along the shoreline, between the mouths of the Po and the Piave Rivers. Venice is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. The city in its entirety is listed as a World Heritage Site, along with its lagoon.
During the 20th century, when many artesian wells were sunk into the periphery of the lagoon to draw water for local industry, Venice began to subside. It was realised that extraction of water from the aquifer was the cause. The sinking has slowed markedly since artesian wells were banned in the 1960s. However, the city is still threatened by more frequent low-level floods (called Acqua alta, "high water") that creep to a height of several centimetres over its quays, regularly following certain tides. In many old houses, the former staircases used to unload goods are now flooded, rendering the former ground floor uninhabitable.
Venice is one of the most important tourist destinations in the world for its celebrated art and architecture. The city has an average of 50,000 tourists a day (2007 estimate). In 2006, it was the world's 28th most internationally visited city, with 2.927 million international arrivals that year. It is regarded as one of the world's most beautiful cities.
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October 22nd, 2016
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Comments (49)
Mariola Bitner
Thank you Darren Fisher for featuring my "Venice Magic" in the group Water Water and Water!
Mariola Bitner
Thank you Robyn King for featuring my "Venice Magic" in the group The World We See Group!
Mariola Bitner
Thank you Kathy Barney for featuring my "Venice Magic" in the group Women Photographers - One A Day!
Mariola Bitner
Thank you Sharon Mau for featuring my "Venice Magic" in the group Fine Art Photography!
Mariola Bitner
Thank you Allan Van Gasbeck for featuring my "Venice Magic" in the group The Grayscale Outdoors!
Allan Van Gasbeck
Congratulations! Your outstanding artwork has been chosen as a FEATURE in the “The Grayscale Outdoors” group on Fine Art America — You are invited to post your featured image to the featured image discussion thread as a permanent place to continue to get exposure even after the image is no longer on the Home Page.
Nikolyn McDonald
Love the charm of this Old World scene - whether the canals of Venice as here or the narrow cobblestone streets of so many other little towns and villages, there's always something of interest wherever you turn.