Venice is Dying
January 6th 2007 If Rome is a city for archaeologists, and Florence is for art, then Venice is a city for miracles.
Gasping for breath above its eternally sinking bulk, Venice slowly slides beneath the waves of history. It is a city that defies nature: the city's 100+ islands were built on the silt left by a delta in the river. Massive, wooden pillars were sunk into the clay beneath to hold up the founda
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