The Crazy Engineering of Venice

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  • Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024

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  • @primalspace
    @primalspace  Месяц назад +482

    What do you all think of Venice? It's definitely my favorite city 🙌 Shoutout to Displate for making this vid possible, check out their new Textra posters here: displate.com/primalspace

    • @JohanDeWitt.
      @JohanDeWitt. Месяц назад +13

      How did you comment before it was uploaded!?!

    • @Pax.YouTube
      @Pax.YouTube Месяц назад +12

      One of the most extremely unique cities on Earth

    • @bitfocal
      @bitfocal Месяц назад +6

      ​@@JohanDeWitt.He commented while the video was private

    • @JohanDeWitt.
      @JohanDeWitt. Месяц назад +3

      @@bitfocaloh, thx!

    • @Rmm1722
      @Rmm1722 Месяц назад +3

      Amazing 😮

  • @charnees
    @charnees Месяц назад +7512

    I can't believe that Venice designed so many things that are still around today from scratch; it's truly a marvel of engineering, even still today.

    • @primalspace
      @primalspace  Месяц назад +163

      It really is. Thank you so much for watching and good luck in the giveaway.

    • @adkh5826
      @adkh5826 Месяц назад +67

      The Venetians didn't build this city. They inherited it from a much older and advanced civilisation with lost ancient high technology

    • @toasterhavingabath6980
      @toasterhavingabath6980 Месяц назад +241

      ​@@adkh5826im sure they did....

    • @Illmatic145
      @Illmatic145 Месяц назад +88

      @@adkh5826 source?

    • @hydrolifetech7911
      @hydrolifetech7911 Месяц назад +96

      ​@@Illmatic145pulled it out his...

  • @NIL0S
    @NIL0S Месяц назад +9139

    That water collection and waste management system was genius.

    • @RadRat1978
      @RadRat1978 Месяц назад +172

      Was common knowledge at the time. Way cool in context, though

    • @Enhancedlies
      @Enhancedlies Месяц назад +110

      never would i think waste water management so interesting

    • @juliusnepos6013
      @juliusnepos6013 Месяц назад +15

      Yeah

    • @Mrbfgray
      @Mrbfgray Месяц назад +255

      Canals as sewers is unfortunate tho.

    • @ATruckCampbell
      @ATruckCampbell Месяц назад +94

      @@Mrbfgray You do what you have to do. And the tide exchanges it all, so it is good enough.

  • @Indi57
    @Indi57 Месяц назад +1519

    Seeing Venice on movies, I've always asked myself how they built on the water, but I never took time to find out, and this video showed up randomly, and I'm grateful that it did

    • @ruskyhusky69
      @ruskyhusky69 28 дней назад

      Same thoughts, exactly. For the first time in years I found myself scrolling youtube for a long time, turning the app off after not finding anything fun among my subscription recommendations. The next day, this video is in my recommended. Enjoyed watching it

    • @ThomasSchannel
      @ThomasSchannel 27 дней назад +21

      agreed, always thought it was more of a 'sinking' city than intentional

    • @Tokyo_Marshall_Official
      @Tokyo_Marshall_Official 26 дней назад +8

      Men are pure genius.

    • @RUS38
      @RUS38 24 дня назад +1

      Yeah, using hammers and chesels👏🤡 according to nonsense tellers aka historians and archaeologists.

    • @garywilson7420
      @garywilson7420 23 дня назад +1

      Same here.

  • @cecetee
    @cecetee 25 дней назад +391

    This is the first time why the existence of Venice has been explained to me in a way I understand. Thank you. It's so incredible!

    • @primalspace
      @primalspace  25 дней назад +13

      So glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for watching!

  • @Spoon80085
    @Spoon80085 Месяц назад +2997

    It's also important to note that the Venetians were *masters* of Engineering when it came to shipbuilding as well. Their "Arsenal" was capable of producing a warship every day, and was one of the first places to use standardized parts- being one of the largest scale pre-industrial construction sites

    • @AdobadoFantastico
      @AdobadoFantastico Месяц назад +79

      I thought the Carthaginians had standard templates for ships as well, which the Romans reverse engineered to make copies during the 1st Punic War.

    • @y.r._
      @y.r._ Месяц назад +67

      @@AdobadoFantastico Yes, they had standard templates, but not standardized parts. Their ships were built a piece, not en masse.

    • @Spoon80085
      @Spoon80085 Месяц назад +63

      @@AdobadoFantastico They had standardized designs, but they didn't have standardized parts. So, they would make the same thing, but wouldn't be using wood planks cut to the exact same specifications, or nails dohls to the same size, etc.
      The Arsenal was essentially an assembly line, which was what made it such an insane feat of engineering.

    • @AdobadoFantastico
      @AdobadoFantastico Месяц назад +11

      Ahhh I see. Thanks for the clarification.

    • @Sgtassburgler
      @Sgtassburgler Месяц назад +3

      Phoenicians had them beat in standardized parts by many millenia.

  • @domanz1
    @domanz1 Месяц назад +925

    I was in venice twice, and it feels like walking on, not in, a museum. As soon as you leave the main shopping street, you get into tiny streets, tiny spaces, tiny places, find hidden restaurants and beautiful places. It feels old and smells old, but in a wild kind of way. It's an experience for sure. You can't possibly see all of it in a few days. So many hidden corners, so many islands. Very much to explore :)

    • @mistersniffer6838
      @mistersniffer6838 29 дней назад +11

      "It feels old and smells old" - Is what humans in their primordial setting smells like, without tide scented laundry soap!!

    • @briangodfrey7424
      @briangodfrey7424 28 дней назад +34

      @@mistersniffer6838 I don't think s/he was referring to the smell of the living humans. (Though people throughout Europe have been perfuming with herbs and flowers for millennia.) It's the 1000 years of humans, animals, burning wood, cooking food, sea air, tidal reek, and on and on, which has permeated the stones themselves. Lots of old towns have this multi-sensory feeling of age, but it is somehow more intense in Venice than it many other ancient cities I've visited.

    • @mistersniffer6838
      @mistersniffer6838 28 дней назад +6

      @@briangodfrey7424 - Thats what I ment. dead humans would not make that smell, they are dead. Daily life of living humans along with the sea (which I would say would be most of it) over time would. ;) .

    • @briangodfrey7424
      @briangodfrey7424 28 дней назад +4

      ​@@mistersniffer6838 Sorry, I misunderstood.

    • @mistersniffer6838
      @mistersniffer6838 28 дней назад +7

      @@briangodfrey7424 - All good. You were polite about it, so, it was fun banter. Take care :)

  • @ericcartman7253
    @ericcartman7253 Месяц назад +951

    I visited Venice as a 15 year old and I will always tell people that it is the most beautiful city I have ever visited. You can literally sit down in any part of the city and just stare all day (and it'll be a day well spent) because you are too afraid that you will forget the beauty of the view if you stop looking.

    • @razamughal4582
      @razamughal4582 Месяц назад +19

      My son went at 15 as well. I took him with me the second time I went. Its a special time anyway with hormones all over the place, puberty. He loved the place so much and it is such a safe city. I let him walk around alone and he would get back to the hotel past midnight.

    • @ericcartman7253
      @ericcartman7253 Месяц назад +9

      @@razamughal4582 venice is truly the wonder of the ages!

    • @samfrost9957
      @samfrost9957 Месяц назад +2

      ​@@ericcartman7253 Where are you from brother?

    • @ericcartman7253
      @ericcartman7253 Месяц назад +2

      @@samfrost9957 im from toronto, hbu?

    • @alexlevinson8629
      @alexlevinson8629 Месяц назад +8

      @@samfrost9957he’s obviously from South Park, Colorado.

  • @francescodone5053
    @francescodone5053 22 дня назад +187

    I am originally from the surrounding area of Venice, but no one has ever explained those concepts in this straight way before. Truly an engineered city, love the scalability.

    • @Donna-ff3ek
      @Donna-ff3ek 22 дня назад +6

      Venice is the most beautiful unique magical place I've ever been and am blessed to have been there. Italy is so full of wonderful history and hopefully will be back some day.

    • @shervinnasrin
      @shervinnasrin 7 дней назад +1

      Wowww... meanwhile 100,000 years later in Africa 😂😂😂😂 Africa could never....

    • @leonardo__dicaprio
      @leonardo__dicaprio 5 дней назад +2

      You are wrong. Africa had wonderful civilization and architecture. Africa still has the marks of civilization. Colonialism and exploitation ruined them. ​@@shervinnasrin

  • @egor_agostini
    @egor_agostini Месяц назад +528

    Living in Venice has truly been an experience that is way beyond any other city. It’s crazy how every corner I turn, even after 6 years of living there, there is history and culture to explore.

    • @petdadawg2339
      @petdadawg2339 Месяц назад +15

      is it expensive to live there? are there cheap options?
      what do people do for work down there?

    • @3nertia
      @3nertia Месяц назад

      @@petdadawg2339 I would also like answers to these questions!

    • @MaximandArbiter
      @MaximandArbiter Месяц назад +33

      There are many different university Institutions in the city, so it's safe to say there are many jobs related to them. Not only on a univerdity level, but being a normal city in itself even normal schools ecist and jobs in that field exist.
      Shops selling unovsrsity books, or affordable food for students have had the possibility to open
      There are many museum and art Institutions, even yearly Art Festivals, like the Biennale or Film Festival, so many jobs related to these sectors have the chance to exist
      Many historical artifacts reside in the city, together with historical building in need of restoration, the city is ever-changing and jobs related to manageament of historical artifacts
      Then you have the jobs connected with the transportations, both for materials for businesses or just driving the waterbuses (or even the taxis)
      You also then have the various historical craftmans boutiques, like thr glass productions in Murano, or the laces in Burano, so you'd have people keeping those traditions alive. Thay, plus the many theaters in the city, providing jobs related to the handling of theater productions
      Since it is a normal city there are hospitals, there are police forces, and there are normal supermarkets for every daily life occurences, all those jobs have the chance to exist
      Then you'd have the restaurants, many typical ones or more new, the same for bars to spend to night
      Hotels for tourist and jobs related to that, or even tourist guides in that regard
      Then the black sheep of the type of jobs existing in the city, that by this point is normal, would be talking about the tourist scams, like overpriced and bad quality touristic restaurants, or like shops selling trashy contents aimed at trying to take the most money possibility from naïve tourists. That, plus people and companies buying many houses (of the already scarce ones in the market) to turn them into Over-overpriced bnbs to sell the dream to live in a house in Venice for a night or two, gatekeeping the city from people that would need those houses to live therez either for study or for work reasons (you'd have cases in a yearly basis or workers or students being kicked out from their student residences or apartments in order to rent to tourists bcs that would be more profitable). Such topic remains a big debate always live, and right noe the major and a big part of the city administration in under trial for mishandling of public properties of the city and the wild privation that has been happeninf for the past years.
      I'm reading many comments of people being very happy to have visited Venice, or willing to, and my advice would be that if you do appreciate such a beautiful and frail city, to please stay in a hotel rather than a bnb, even if it is less Instagrammable as an experience,to do not support these predatory practices that have been going on in the past years (especially since the the late 2010s)
      @@petdadawg2339

    • @alessandromasiero6611
      @alessandromasiero6611 Месяц назад

      @@petdadawg2339 You can find an accomodation in Mestre (very very close to Venice) as it's waaaaaay cheaper

    • @petdadawg2339
      @petdadawg2339 Месяц назад +5

      @@MaximandArbiter thanks for your reply! it was very informative, id love to study history there, im going to apply for the university, slim chance ill get in though, i didnt know venice had one until i read your comment so thank you for that.

  • @cheddarcheesehead2799
    @cheddarcheesehead2799 Месяц назад +951

    I never gave Venice much thought until now. It's truly impressive to see what had to be done to make it livable. The ingenuity of the builders is amazing. Ty for sharing this.

    • @studentofsmith
      @studentofsmith Месяц назад +15

      Necessity is the mother of invention.

    • @jm7804
      @jm7804 Месяц назад +12

      I'm so shocked that 1000 year old timber has survived under water for a millennium. I seem to recall seeing another special that under water concrete was being used to shore up areas which have been steadily sinking over the years. I'm sure some of those videos will start popping up on my feed after watching this one.

    • @chamade166
      @chamade166 Месяц назад +10

      Florence and Venice have a lot to do with the modern world. Banking, modern state bureaucracy and other things.

    • @Worldofourown2024
      @Worldofourown2024 Месяц назад +2

      I didn't either until I accidently arrived there one early Saturday morning until night when I was a young man for one day doing a weekend bus trip from Germany. It was icy Winter in Germany and Switzerland, but the weather was so balmy, sunny, and warm in Italy south of the Alps. It's a magnificent historic discovery I happened on my accident during my military years for school in America taught us about Bolsheviks, Nazis, and wars, but nothing about classical art and history and culture. You should go if you like classical art, museums, and exotic experiences.

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      @user-df2rv9il5c 27 дней назад

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  • @petehendi1239
    @petehendi1239 22 дня назад +362

    VENICE: I'm a curious & well educated 48 year old guy, and FOR YEARS I've wondered how those heavy stone buildings were built on that marsh. And yes... how they dealt with their waste. Finally an explanation. I think the city should be classified as one of the wonders of the world! Brilliant give away, and promotion by the way. Maybe the 3rd channel I've ever subscribed to.

    • @natyn5013
      @natyn5013 18 дней назад +3

      Yea man i agree with you pupsik

    • @miyojewoltsnasonth2159
      @miyojewoltsnasonth2159 15 дней назад +5

      Central Amsterdam (what you see in most pictures) is built in much the same way, also starting around a thousand years ago: Wooden pilings driven into the marshes of the Amstel River with buildings sitting atop the piles.
      *Reply to:* _"VENICE: I'm a curious & well educated 48 year old guy, and FOR YEARS I've wondered how those heavy stone buildings were built on that marsh. And yes... how they dealt with their waste. Finally an explanation. I think the city should be classified as one of the wonders of the world! Brilliant give away, and promotion by the way. Maybe the 3rd channel I've ever subscribed to."_

    • @tedduke4616
      @tedduke4616 14 дней назад +2

      You're not too educated or simply insufficiently curious if you never got your answer sooner

    • @benjenkins3220
      @benjenkins3220 9 дней назад +3

      @@miyojewoltsnasonth2159 what in the ai bots is going on here?

    • @mondociaociao
      @mondociaociao 7 дней назад

      and without neglecting the beauty. Venice is an engineering masterpiece and one of the more beautiful cities in the world (for me, THE MOST, simply awesome, but I'm Italian, maybe I'm not totally impartial).

  • @davidcoxinparis
    @davidcoxinparis 23 дня назад +31

    My boyfriend and I chose early February for our stay in Venice. As Mardi Gras celebrations were still many days ahead of our stay, the streets and canals were empty. It felt like the entire city belonged to just us. It was very romantic. And cold! A wonderful memory.

  • @EpicChicken8
    @EpicChicken8 Месяц назад +1021

    I think it is crazy that from a small ground of people cowering from the Huns, Venice turned into a powerhouse that rivaled even the most powerful medieval/renaissance empires!

    • @tbird81
      @tbird81 Месяц назад +48

      Yep, a race (Huns) that basically could do nothing except attack other groups and took what they created, attacked Italians but the Italians still survived.
      I don't think they'll be so lucky this time.

    • @samuelmendoza9356
      @samuelmendoza9356 Месяц назад +11

      Correction, Germans and Huns. Although, It kinda become a moot point at 453 when Atilla died that any fleeing Romans is fleeing by either Gothic(Germanic) incursions or Roman infighting(why Western Roman Empire struggles to hold on unlike the Eastern ROman Empire aka Byzantines)

    • @jamescawl6904
      @jamescawl6904 Месяц назад +13

      ​@@samuelmendoza9356and because the eastern roman empire let their western counterpart fall they suffered the same fate when the turks dismantled them while the west just watched.
      If the 2 empires worked together during their greatest crisis then both empires might still be here today.

    • @samuelmendoza9356
      @samuelmendoza9356 Месяц назад +1

      @@jamescawl6904 i wanted to argue about Constantinople's participation, but I dunno much how much action Eastern Rome saw. But considering the infighting at Western Rome, I can't blame them to leave them at their fate and just hunker down. Again, its speculation because I haven't read much of the history.

    • @paulussturm6572
      @paulussturm6572 Месяц назад

      @@tbird81Venice is literally built on the profits and materials forcefully extracted from the people it subjugated and whose lands it ruined in perpetuity
      The Venetians were just Huns with a penchant for mathematics

  • @goodandbadgames2275
    @goodandbadgames2275 Месяц назад +1671

    I still think it's incredible that most of the original logs from 452 are still there holding up after over 1000 years

    • @liamkisbee8117
      @liamkisbee8117 Месяц назад +242

      They are petrified and resemble stone.

    • @ATruckCampbell
      @ATruckCampbell Месяц назад +126

      It is, and the clay allows it, this probably would not work in other ground types.

    • @TheOmegakix
      @TheOmegakix Месяц назад +124

      Built with stolen wood from Croatian coast and mountains. We'll never forget.

    • @MiyagiDo9
      @MiyagiDo9 Месяц назад +113

      @@TheOmegakix they have enough of it

    • @blakem2902
      @blakem2902 Месяц назад +489

      @@TheOmegakixif you are worked up over something that happened over 1,500 years ago then you really need to get over it

  • @abdelrahmanwaleed1527
    @abdelrahmanwaleed1527 Месяц назад +913

    The way Venice people solved their problems without creating any side effects is amazing. I liked the most their solution to get clean water. Thank you for the fascinating explanation and well-detailed graphics.

    • @primalspace
      @primalspace  Месяц назад +33

      and thank you for watching. I'm so glad that you enjoyed it!

    • @AT-yj8gl
      @AT-yj8gl Месяц назад +141

      it wasn't all that "without side effects" but nonetheless impressive

    • @bamsuth9650
      @bamsuth9650 Месяц назад

      elaborate​@@AT-yj8gl

    • @vosechu
      @vosechu Месяц назад +130

      If you consider massive pollution running into the ocean “without side effects” or the deforestation of large chunks of Croatia, then yeah, sure.
      Primal space didn’t talk about the side effects, but that doesn’t mean they weren’t there (and this isn’t a dig on primal space, it’s a totally valid choice to not cover that)

    • @squiglemcsquigle8414
      @squiglemcsquigle8414 Месяц назад +53

      Yeah just destroyed thousands of acres of forests and created some of the most polluted ocean water in the world. Oh and pushing dolphins out of their breeding grounds. But yeah no side effects

  • @sacil8
    @sacil8 18 дней назад +11

    Hi, I'm Italian and I live near Venice. This video is beautiful and congratulations for the 3D graphics which make you understand very well what Venice is.

    • @primalspace
      @primalspace  18 дней назад

      Thank you so much. I'm so glad you enjoyed it!

  • @gideonkipchumba3446
    @gideonkipchumba3446 Месяц назад +207

    The idea of a city built on water is absolutely enchanting. Imagine gliding through the canals in a gondola, taking in the stunning architecture and rich history. The city's unique character, a blend of romance, art, and mystery, is incredibly appealing.

    • @Worldofourown2024
      @Worldofourown2024 Месяц назад +2

      It's very romantic and high culture like nothing else in the entire world. A very special historic touristy place that still has local residents there whose ancestors built it 1000 years ago. It was a most surreal magnificent privilege to be there for just one day.

    • @mattmcintosh3939
      @mattmcintosh3939 Месяц назад +8

      The place stinks to high heaven. It's a marvel of human ingenuity but it still stinks, I found it hard to get used to.

    • @Worldofourown2024
      @Worldofourown2024 Месяц назад +7

      @@mattmcintosh3939 It didn't stink when I visited in 1997, but I understand it's having severe environmental problems in the 21st century for now lots of places do stink and are polluted and sickly for there are so many mismanagement issues going on all around the world. Money is the root of the problem, but canceling money and greed is impossible. It's so complex no one actually knows what to do so people and companies just take care of themselves like animals out in the wildlands.

    • @rswow
      @rswow Месяц назад +1

      But I don't get it. If they had land from which to gather so so so so so much lumber, couldn't they just take refuge on that land itself?

    • @Worldofourown2024
      @Worldofourown2024 Месяц назад +3

      @@rswow No, there were invaders and war going on so they had to take a defensive position. The land was probably already claimed by a king or some people already. They had to build their land in the shallow sea to get a foothold in order to carry on. When people are homeless at disadvantage or at war, it's not like where you can just buy a piece of land and be safe and good to go. It's a tricky matter for it causes conflict and problems though there was more living space in classical times and there weren't global corporations laying claim to it all while over speculating real estate values to the point most people can never buy and own, but just rent a room or apartment or be homeless in a vehicle. That's America today.

  • @totrigo6834
    @totrigo6834 Месяц назад +192

    Best YT short documentary I've watched in ages.
    I don't remember the last time I've been this captivated.

    • @terredee
      @terredee Месяц назад +1

      I agree! This video is special.

    • @caribmendez
      @caribmendez Месяц назад +1

      agreed. Having visited Venice it's amazing that that whole entire city if just resting on wooden logs for over a 1000 years.

    • @alainportant6412
      @alainportant6412 27 дней назад +1

      it is well illustrated

  • @LightsAcapella
    @LightsAcapella Месяц назад +185

    My mom, brother and I went to visit Venice over 15 years ago, and I still remember it vividly. The whole city is like a giant art piece, everywhere you look is just amazingly beautiful. Thank you for this video!

    • @chamade166
      @chamade166 Месяц назад +7

      The Western world used to revolve around the Italian peninsula for many centuries. Not just art, engineering, but banking and modern bureaucracy was basically born in city states like Florence, Venice, Genoa, Siena. They used to consider places like Northern Europe basically a wasteland of civilization at the time, but then the Italian decline started in the 16th century.

  • @TheStubertos
    @TheStubertos 18 дней назад +13

    I've been to Venice 3 times and didn't fully appreciate it all. Now I want to go back and appreciate the magnifient engineering behind it!

  • @JarnovanSchie
    @JarnovanSchie Месяц назад +83

    2 years ago I went to Venice. One thing I liked most about Venice is the silence, no noisy transport. Venice is definitely a city I would like to visit again in the future.

    • @robinbennett3531
      @robinbennett3531 Месяц назад +3

      Yes, I only realised how noisy my local area is, was when I got back from Venice!

    • @Zybran93
      @Zybran93 Месяц назад +6

      Every city without cars is just a blessing 😮 love areas in cities where traffic is kept out and you could just sit down and relax

  • @harrisjordan7492
    @harrisjordan7492 Месяц назад +268

    The fact that the same logs have been holding the city up for over a 1000 years is incredible. Like, i would've thought that they would've been gradually replaced with more modern materials. But, i guess you can't beat the classics.
    I actually had the privilege of visiting Venice a couple years ago, it is a beautiful city. I can't recommend it enough for tourists.

    • @tripprawlings9284
      @tripprawlings9284 Месяц назад +16

      It's a three day visit, max. And a return trip isn't necessary.
      Florence, Tuscany; multiple trips. Furthermore, Venetians are arrogant. Florentines have more reason to be due their richer history, but are more down to earth and tourist oriented.

    • @harrisjordan7492
      @harrisjordan7492 Месяц назад +14

      @@tripprawlings9284 well, frankly, the city is so beautiful that I would be willing to put up with that. Plus, if you are going with a tour group you won't really be left at the mercy of the locals all that much.
      I went to Rome, Florence, and Venice as well as a few stops in-between all on a week long whirlwind tour. Obviously I didn't really stay in cities long enough to really get to know them, but Venice is a great place as far as I could tell.
      Also, I come from a town that isn't even 200 years old, so going to a city with 1000+ years of lore behind it is awesome enough for me.

    • @lapprentice
      @lapprentice Месяц назад +4

      If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

    • @alvaro701
      @alvaro701 Месяц назад +13

      ​@@harrisjordan7492 There arent locals left of on the main isle of Venice

    • @GamerdevilPro
      @GamerdevilPro Месяц назад +1

      ​@@harrisjordan7492tbf almost every (bigger) city in Europe has a history of >1000 years

  • @vladimirovicveliki
    @vladimirovicveliki Месяц назад +228

    Fun fact in neighbouring country Croatia, it’s said that the Velebits (mountain massive) seaside near the Adriatic Sea is wiped out of the trees because they built Venice foundation from it! Today, a part of it is a national park…

    • @markomilas1501
      @markomilas1501 26 дней назад +20

      It's not fun, the basically changed Velebit's climate for the worst.

    • @FMmffmFM
      @FMmffmFM 26 дней назад +19

      I don't man, I call Bs: trees grow , and they usually needed big trees , so they would not have cute the small ones. Plus a lot of trees were taken from the Dolomiti where there were strict rules in order to have a constant source of trees. Finally, the coast line of Croatia as been part of the republic for almost a 1000 years , I don't think they kept it just to destroy it. A further consideration is that venitians are very much Croatians ( slaves in general) ethnically speaking: proof of it is that a lot of them have blue eyes, many are blonde too, not really Italian characteristics.

    • @ivanvolkovogorodnik8317
      @ivanvolkovogorodnik8317 25 дней назад +12

      @@FMmffmFM blue eyes and blonde hair aren't Slavic... neither did Slavs migrate to the Balkans when Venice was built. Venetians are Italians, who tend to have blue eyes and blond hair, because they had lived for centuries in Venice, far from land. Blue eyes don't appear for being part of a certain ethnic, but they're a sign of not having mixed a lot for many centuries. In fact, it is very rare in Croatia to see people with blue eyes and blond hair, because it is not a Slavic trait.

    • @vladimirovicveliki
      @vladimirovicveliki 23 дня назад +5

      @@markomilas1501 One man's fun is another's hell. It’s a fact and it’s interesting to know so our children don’t ruin the rest of the nature making similar mistake, so let’s call it a “fun fact”!

    • @vladimirovicveliki
      @vladimirovicveliki 23 дня назад

      @@ivanvolkovogorodnik8317 thanks for explaining, brat! I wouldn’t consider explaining anything to such a stupid comment…

  • @aviationfromnaman
    @aviationfromnaman 20 дней назад +11

    The Venitians were so intelligent, even though the lost their empire and everything they built this beautiful city and made it an attraction. Thanks you all the great builders of Venice we will remember your legacy forever ❤

  • @DanielMendelson-c3r
    @DanielMendelson-c3r Месяц назад +244

    It’s crazy how creative people can get when there’s a need for it, as seen in this video.

    • @primalspace
      @primalspace  Месяц назад +8

      Indeed!

    • @Worldofourown2024
      @Worldofourown2024 Месяц назад +4

      Yea, that's what I want to be a part of too, but not in 21st century America.

    • @titolovely8237
      @titolovely8237 28 дней назад +3

      necessity is the mother of invention.

    • @eyeofthetiger7
      @eyeofthetiger7 22 дня назад +1

      @@Worldofourown202421 Century America is one of the most innovative and creative nations in the history of the world. Most new inventions start in the USA.

    • @OsirisMawn
      @OsirisMawn 22 дня назад +3

      ​@@titolovely8237someone forgot tp tell that to Africans

  • @indigojack99
    @indigojack99 Месяц назад +50

    I really cannot think of any city that is a better example of top notch civil engineering and creativity than Venice. Truly inspiring

  • @sanj99373
    @sanj99373 Месяц назад +88

    I was just in Venice two weeks ago, and I was impressed by literally everything, from seeing oriental European buildings, beautiful houses coupled with cozy canals, and trying delicious cicchetti’s. I have memories of a lifetime, hope to see it again ! Also this video adds a lot of perspectives on they actually did it !

    • @razamughal4582
      @razamughal4582 Месяц назад +3

      Venice is stunning, my favourite place.

    • @junesuprise
      @junesuprise Месяц назад +4

      Oriental? Cmon

    • @alessandrom7181
      @alessandrom7181 Месяц назад +5

      There is nothing "Oriental"..LOL
      There can be some "Islamic like" buildings but just because Venetians liked the design not because of direct Islamic influences.

    • @user-df2rv9il5c
      @user-df2rv9il5c 27 дней назад

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  • @kimchisgood2993
    @kimchisgood2993 13 дней назад +5

    I’m from near Venice …. And every time I go to Venice I just wow ….

  • @d7r41n
    @d7r41n 26 дней назад +76

    That's incredible how those logs didn't rot away at all over 1000 years.. Awesome video thanks for the knowledge.

    • @primalspace
      @primalspace  25 дней назад +8

      And thank you for watching. So glad you enjoyed the video.

    • @riluens
      @riluens 21 день назад +4

      @@primalspace Could you please explain how did the wooden plank managed to not rot in spite of the water?

    • @user-oq3sv4id3e
      @user-oq3sv4id3e 21 день назад

      ​@@riluens magnets

    • @rileysvideos2059
      @rileysvideos2059 21 день назад +22

      Trapped in mud, there is no oxygen and that is why they don't rot

    • @kp5518
      @kp5518 20 дней назад +14

      It's sea salt too has something to do with it.

  • @JuanHernandez-pz2mx
    @JuanHernandez-pz2mx Месяц назад +35

    The fact that thousands years old engineering still holds up today speaks volumes to what can be accomplished when built in obsolescence is not part of the plan.

  • @jeff__w
    @jeff__w Месяц назад +143

    0:54 “We modeled the entire thing to show you what's going on beneath the surface…”
    It’s dazzling! Other than “canals” and “gondolas,” I knew next to _nothing_ about Venice-its geography, its construction, its engineering feats. The video was fascinating and a joy to watch.

  • @marco1173
    @marco1173 11 дней назад +1

    My ancestors came from the Veneto and I always wondered how Venice was built. This video managed to absolutely blow my mind while answering that question in the clearest way possible.

  • @vikingaserikas1759
    @vikingaserikas1759 Месяц назад +57

    Never thought that Venice is such a marvel of engineering, the wells, waste management and building's foundations are truly ahead of their time.

    • @lizhutchinson6978
      @lizhutchinson6978 Месяц назад +3

      Wait how have you never realized?

    • @jamespoirier9833
      @jamespoirier9833 29 дней назад

      @@lizhutchinson6978 I can give you 1 million reasons why 90% of the world‘s population would not know anything that was in this video people have lives. They have jobs. They have children to take care of. They have studies that don’t relate to this video. the list goes on unless you live in this city or you were from the country it originates from or you are a historian there’s no reason to know any of this. It becomes useless knowledge to the common folks, but I guess you’re just a smart ass likes to act like everybody is supposed to understand everything about the world you must have no life if that’s the case, but kudos to you for knowing everything.

    • @grethi8110
      @grethi8110 27 дней назад +1

      ​@@lizhutchinson6978 exactly the same question I have 😂 cause uuuuh. it's obvious?

    • @lizhutchinson6978
      @lizhutchinson6978 27 дней назад

      ​@@jamespoirier9833 LOL Ok, maybe unpack that for your therapist instead of me.
      Most people have time to live their lives and know that very popular, well-known cities exist. It's not just 10% of people who know.
      Venice existing is very common knowledge. So common that it's one of the most visited cities in the world. If you think you have to go there or live there to know about it, you may have been hiding under a rock.

    • @lizhutchinson6978
      @lizhutchinson6978 27 дней назад

      ​@@grethi8110 Exactly. @jamespoirier9833 seems to think Venice is a super secret spot that most people don't know exists lol

  • @danielfeuerwerger3066
    @danielfeuerwerger3066 Месяц назад +25

    I visited Venice in 2022. It was an amazing experience, and unlike any other city I have ever been to. Learning about the engineering makes it even more incredible that the city still exists over 1,000 years later. I remember watching them bring in pallets of soda and snacks on a small barge with a crane on it. I realized in that moment how they are still so reliant on the mainland for so many things.

  • @jbrown7403
    @jbrown7403 Месяц назад +35

    I’ve been to Venice several times and I still find it fascinating. I wander around the city and I just keep thinking “this place just shouldn’t be here.” Best travel tip is just walk around without a map and just get lost for a few hours. You will always find charming out-of-the way sites. You can always find your way back to San Marco or Ponte Rialto. Best way to leisurely enjoy the city. 😊

    • @stefanoparlatore7141
      @stefanoparlatore7141 Месяц назад +4

      I live 40km from there, a few years ago (90s) it was even better, foggy autumn and winter, sometimes snow, snowing in Venezia is magic.

    • @jbrown7403
      @jbrown7403 Месяц назад +4

      @@stefanoparlatore7141 How nice that you live there! One visit in November 1997, I did see a light snowfall in Venice. Just enough for the rooftops to turn white. It was magical. 😊

  • @riccardospolaore348
    @riccardospolaore348 18 дней назад +4

    I live near Venice but I feel myself a Venetian. I'm so proud about that city and about his importance in the past and at these days. I hope Venice will survive at the rising of the sea!

  • @rnilu86
    @rnilu86 Месяц назад +69

    That rain water collection and filtering system was simple and genius.

    • @ltnpanna8185
      @ltnpanna8185 Месяц назад +7

      And yet France spent 1.4 billion to "clean" the water for the olympics resulting in (at least) one hospitalisation for e coli bacteria 😅

    • @codylujan
      @codylujan Месяц назад

      b​@@ltnpanna8185paris isn't exactly floating in an ocean and it's freshwater, stupid.

  • @fricki1997
    @fricki1997 Месяц назад +183

    Sometimes I think about how fortunate we are to have trees. Wood is an incredible material that's cheap, relatively easy to shape, yet great for construction and tools.

    • @axhed
      @axhed Месяц назад +11

      i am now a treehugger.

    • @bleo8371
      @bleo8371 Месяц назад

      Yeah but... people are stu*id enough to destroy old 2000+ trees to have chair for few decades... it shoud be not allowed to cut down tree older than 100years... people waste it for short period time and throw it away ..

    • @whiderboss
      @whiderboss Месяц назад +20

      without wood you can't even make a pickaxe so you you'd have to live in a dirt house and fight mobs with your fists. Wood really is important

    • @faithlesshound5621
      @faithlesshound5621 Месяц назад +4

      An alien scientist from a galaxy far away would recognise the kinship at the DNA level between humans and other animals, animals and plants, and thus between humans and their wood. Even our modern plastics come from petro-chemicals, refined from oil and originating from ancient forests.

    • @andreaslind6338
      @andreaslind6338 Месяц назад +8

      It's also endlessly renewable if managed right.

  • @Muratshayev
    @Muratshayev Месяц назад +168

    This is the best explanation of how Venice is organized that I have heard. Thanks!

    • @primalspace
      @primalspace  Месяц назад +7

      So glad you enjoyed it. Thanks so much for watching and good luck in the giveaway!

    • @juliusnepos6013
      @juliusnepos6013 Месяц назад

      Indeed

    • @solidorb965
      @solidorb965 Месяц назад

      ​@@primalspaceyou didn't explain how they got the stone building materials during the start of their rise.
      It's just Abra Kadabra and BAM stones pop up.
      They didn't buy stones, they didn't mine stones, but magically there's enough stones for years.

  • @mariapatriciafrancomendez3801
    @mariapatriciafrancomendez3801 24 дня назад +10

    As a civil engineer, this is wonderfully instructive and visually dynamic. Thank you =)

    • @ddaaam
      @ddaaam 11 дней назад

      I’m a highschool student interested in these topics but I’m still not sure which I should fall to. I’m considering mostly civil eng but also environmental eng.

    • @ddaaam
      @ddaaam 11 дней назад

      In our times, the ones that work to solve the problems like the one for the water, are they civil or environmental eng?
      I’m a highschool student interested in these kinds of topics considering mostly civil eng but also environmental eng. I’m not clear where one’s job starts and the other finishes

  • @ruditobandito4114
    @ruditobandito4114 Месяц назад +18

    We visited Venice in 2019 and were lucky to have an Italian friend act as our guide. He took us through back canals and dizzying alleyways - far from the tourists and gift shops. What was most amazing to me and what I remember vividly was turning a few corners and then having the awe inspiring feeling of traveling back in time. One small secret piazza, away from the touristy madness, felt as if we had transported back to the 1500s. We stood for a moment and took it all in. Then we continued, around a couple of corners and alleyways, and *poof*…just like that - we were back in the 21st century. Amazing!

  • @hammad6852
    @hammad6852 Месяц назад +130

    Venice is no doubt a wonderful city, being a civil engineer I find it amazing how most of the inventions in our field were done during roman empire era with limited knowledge and tools.

    • @lewisdoherty7621
      @lewisdoherty7621 Месяц назад +18

      Maybe you will find this interesting: Many structures did subside, so when the rising water level became a problem, they would fill in the "ground floor" with debris and build a new story on the top of the structure. The building might be three or four stories, but they aren't the same stories that the building began with. Since the structures are straightjacketed into place by the adjoining structures, it was easy to build upward without creating unstable situations. There was a flow of ballast stones on ships going through the area, so a surplus of those could be used in the story being filled from ships taking on a lot of cargo. Archeologists have found several buried stories under buildings. The problem with this process is that historically significant buildings can't be filled and up-builded.

    • @Ryan-wx1bi
      @Ryan-wx1bi Месяц назад +12

      It clearly wasn't limited knowledge if most of the inventions in your field came from so long ago

    • @melissak8892
      @melissak8892 Месяц назад +5

      little knowledge? this wasn't luck.

    • @juangoria3517
      @juangoria3517 Месяц назад +11

      It wasn't luck and they didn't have limited knowledge. I don't know why people tend to think humans of antique were dumber or clueless

    • @blackrifle6736
      @blackrifle6736 Месяц назад +1

      *Yep. Whenever you see concrete being poured, thank the Old Romans who invented it.*

  • @BSGSV
    @BSGSV Месяц назад +66

    3:40 The first Doge. Much wow.

  • @DustinJKemp
    @DustinJKemp 24 дня назад +7

    I visited Venice last summer. It was wonderful. This was an excellent explanation on how Venice was created.

  • @Mukilan_Kk
    @Mukilan_Kk Месяц назад +15

    The mere fact that Venice has risen from no roads, lands and no fresh water to a beautiful paradise in Italy though, a marvel of engineering and planning

  • @devinbraun1852
    @devinbraun1852 Месяц назад +28

    I spent some years living and working in the Balkans and was able to visit Venice numerous times. The city is spectacular in so many ways, an absolute treasure. But it was the engineering that really blew my mind. I remember reading a plaque at St Marks Basilica that, if my memory is correct, said it required about a million timber piles! It’s not just the engineering, but also the logistics required to accomplish projects like this.

    • @FMmffmFM
      @FMmffmFM 26 дней назад

      Yes. It's indeed massive and super heavy ( and quite precious, so they didn't spear money)

  • @garvyadav
    @garvyadav Месяц назад +20

    A place that has had such an impact on modern ingenuity as well as staying strong/sturdy after centuries of it being set-up. Quite a remarkable history and an important detail that tourists should know about to appreciate the true majestic beauty that is Venice.

  • @estebanatachaoarguedas6321
    @estebanatachaoarguedas6321 17 дней назад +1

    It's awesome how for every instance some problem in Venice infrastructure had to be solved by the engineers, the solution was right there for them. All pieces coming together!

  • @JackieBaisa
    @JackieBaisa Месяц назад +85

    The fact that it's still around in 2024 is testament to the engineering geniuses of yesteryear.

    • @AtulKedia
      @AtulKedia 22 дня назад +1

      More like yestermillenium.

  • @michaelmller3377
    @michaelmller3377 Месяц назад +11

    Thank you for an excellent video! I’ve got two experiences with Venice both involving our daughter.
    1. When our daughter was between 2 and 8 we drove from Denmark to the Lido in Italy each summer. We stayed for two weeks and at least once during our stay we would go by boat to visit Venice for a day. The first time we went our daughter was two years old and we brought her stroller not realizing that every single bridge (and hence the video there is a lot of bridges) has stairs on both sides. We did our fair share of workout that day, and a lot of tourists and locals had a good laugh at our expense… 😂
    2. When our daughter reached the age of eight we realized that she had been to Venice more times in her life than she had been to Copenhagen - our own Danish capitol, since we had visited Venice every summer since she was two years old, and only visited Copenhagen for leisure a few times during that period. 🙈🇮🇹🍝🍕🇩🇰

    • @manuelnasci
      @manuelnasci 27 дней назад +1

      I'm from Florence and I've been to Copenaghen when I was 20... and I first visited Venice when I was 25, despite my grandmother being from Lido (she met my grandfather there and then moved to Tuscany). Back then I didn't know anything about Venice, not even that there were no roads or cars: I was really marvelled on that first visit. By the way, I hope to go back to Copenaghen one day: amazing city.

  • @ahmadsaleh8587
    @ahmadsaleh8587 Месяц назад +20

    Over 1000 years old and all of the solutions in the city still work as intended, what an incredible work of engineering 👏 👌

    • @subhasisghosh66
      @subhasisghosh66 22 дня назад

      Look with Mohenjo Daro. It was built 3000 years before Venice

  • @Herrings
    @Herrings 22 дня назад +3

    I recently visited Venice and it was amazing. So much beautiful buildings with canals and hidden passages. There, Vibrancy and Tranquility coexisted. I hope I can breath the air in Venice once again.

  • @egg9850
    @egg9850 Месяц назад +27

    1:04 sounds like xavier renegade angel

  • @younghokim40
    @younghokim40 Месяц назад +50

    Venice is the mastermind behind Engineering, I still can't believe how they created this.

  • @highontaiwan
    @highontaiwan Месяц назад +26

    I took my family to Venice a couple months ago. We also visited Rome, Florence, and Milan. Venice was definitely a magical place. It was one of the best trips we've been on.

  • @user-xx9rl8mr5f
    @user-xx9rl8mr5f 22 дня назад +5

    Fascinating! I never knew any of this, and just figured that the waste flowed into the canals and probably smelled terrible. Glad to be informed that I was wrong about that, and that the city was built and maintained by geniuses!

    • @jonc4403
      @jonc4403 17 дней назад

      It doesn't smell great. And it's getting worse, as sea level rise means the sea barrier has to be closed more often. If Venice is going to continue to exist (and most of the world wants it to) new solutions are going to have to be developed.

  • @bobbylee9727
    @bobbylee9727 Месяц назад +45

    Before watching this video, when I heard the word "Venice" I thought of spaghetti eating gondoleers singing "O Solo Mio" to tourists. I now have tons of respect for the past thousand years of engineering on the part of Venetians...what a history.

    • @suksivittuun1323
      @suksivittuun1323 Месяц назад +3

      Just fyi, it's "O Sole Mio". Meaning "The Sun of Mine." It's Neapolitan.

    • @bobbylee9727
      @bobbylee9727 Месяц назад

      @@suksivittuun1323 Gratzi !

  • @IvanTurkovic
    @IvanTurkovic Месяц назад +37

    It is good to mention that heavily forested areas in Istria and other nearby islands that were cut down millions of trees to build Venice, still didn't recover nor returned to original state, but deforesting whole regions cause soil erosion due to strong winds and other natural elements, where many areas until this day have no soil to grow anything just pure rock.

    • @D.J.G.81
      @D.J.G.81 Месяц назад

      when will the bus arrive?

    • @DS-lk3tx
      @DS-lk3tx Месяц назад +2

      I take it that you don't live in a house? 😂😂

    • @tiapina7048
      @tiapina7048 Месяц назад

      Unfortunatelly, the beautiful Venice has its dark side. I don't remember if the outside columns of Saint Mark Basilica or the horses on top came from Turkey, but they weren't bought or gifted ...

    • @IvanTurkovic
      @IvanTurkovic Месяц назад +1

      @@tiapina7048 At that time I think they were not needed as it was their territory same as with Istria. We can only guess what will world think about our construction millenia years after

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      @user-df2rv9il5c 27 дней назад

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  • @BryanDeNosky
    @BryanDeNosky Месяц назад +7

    The ingenuity of the Venetian engineers is unbelievable. I can't wait to go there and see the city for myself.

  • @Mr1gladiatore
    @Mr1gladiatore 22 дня назад +2

    We here in the US, for I can't speak regarding other nations, build things for convenience and max profits often sacrificing quality. It remains to be seen how long some of the buildings today will last over time but what is proven is the engineering of the ancient world. Much of what they built is still standing and functional.

  • @justmiles8651
    @justmiles8651 Месяц назад +6

    It's crazy how people of Venice adapted to the every situation so fast. A marvelous architecture of its own kind

  • @FxFezzy
    @FxFezzy 27 дней назад +11

    This is actually one of the best videos I have seen on RUclips. Thank you primal space.

    • @primalspace
      @primalspace  25 дней назад

      And thank you for watching. So glad you enjoyed it!

  • @craftyukraine
    @craftyukraine Месяц назад +8

    7:53 Venicians were so inventive, they had plastic bags in 16th century!😂

    • @sohaib1537
      @sohaib1537 14 дней назад +1

      Wait, i now only noticed that 😂😂

    • @justmeandthethree
      @justmeandthethree 5 дней назад

      Their blinds are exquisite. I use them sensually and voluminously!

  • @truthteller4442
    @truthteller4442 22 дня назад +4

    The extremely genius and advanced levels of engineering of all the various Italian tribes is just truly mind-blowing. 🤯

  • @secretreagent1728
    @secretreagent1728 Месяц назад +5

    Being a modern Venetian civil engineer definitely must be its own specialization.

  • @NomadicMeow
    @NomadicMeow Месяц назад +39

    I've have always been fascinated with Venice because I see it in almost every movie. Hopefully, I will visit it soon!

    • @primalspace
      @primalspace  Месяц назад +1

      I hope that for you too! Thank you for watching and good luck in the giveaway!

    • @MRevilsnowman23
      @MRevilsnowman23 Месяц назад

      If you find it interesting/beautiful you'll most likely like Venice. I never found it too interesting apart from the engineering aspect so I guess that's why I didn't like it that much when I visited this year. One thing I do recommeend is searching for Spar market on google maps, I went to the shop to buy water/snacks and holy shit, I've never seen a shop that has frescas in it.

  • @holdenrolfs
    @holdenrolfs Месяц назад +7

    I hope my children will one day get a chance to see this marvel of the medieval world.

  • @guidofoc7057
    @guidofoc7057 22 дня назад +3

    I was in Venice 3 weeks ago, my third time there. I think summer is the best season to visit, and the Palazzo Ducale is incredible, a testament to the might of this city. Even with the crowd of tourists, Venice is unique. If it weren't that expensive I would have spent more time there!

  • @foxplayz4739
    @foxplayz4739 Месяц назад +4

    I think Venice is a very amazing feat of engineering! I mean imagine having to boat all of the building supplies in, hand build it, and then have to troubleshoot it! It's so incredible.

  • @sentientbrew
    @sentientbrew Месяц назад +11

    08:48 is such an amazing way to sum up this engineering marvel we can still explore in all its glory!

  • @JonUrban5200
    @JonUrban5200 Месяц назад +4

    An amazing feat of engineering, innovation, and beauty. Something that we lost over the years.

  • @Danso_3000
    @Danso_3000 12 дней назад +1

    0:00 "The year is 452" Time traveler just chilling in a suit of armour from 1,000 years in the future.

  • @metusael
    @metusael Месяц назад +5

    My wife wants to go to Venice to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary and I think we'll take a nice nap in those gondolas

    • @kellyoconnor5684
      @kellyoconnor5684 28 дней назад +1

      One of the many amazing things about Venice is that their bus system is boats. The vaporetti are a fantastic way of seeing all around the islands of Venice, for a very small fraction of the price of a gondola ride. We hopped on one at sunset, and before we knew it, it was chugging out to Murano--what an incredible experience!
      Happy anniversary!

  • @madahmadd
    @madahmadd Месяц назад +5

    Venice is magnificent! Especially for the waste management while cities with road still struggle.

  • @Adrianlovesmusic
    @Adrianlovesmusic Месяц назад +35

    0:41 thats CSGO. I know it

  • @luciusdenis5660
    @luciusdenis5660 19 дней назад +2

    Venice, Italy, is a magical city of canals, historic architecture, and timeless romance. Simply enchanting!

  • @JoelMast
    @JoelMast Месяц назад +9

    I've always wanted to visit Venice, and now thanks to your video even more! it is a true marvel of engineering.

    • @primalspace
      @primalspace  Месяц назад +3

      Indeed! Thanks so much for watching and good luck in the giveaway!

  • @danamiller7740
    @danamiller7740 Месяц назад +4

    I think this is a facinating video on Venice. I loved our time in Venice with our grandchildren.

  • @Gig76
    @Gig76 25 дней назад +8

    This video is outstanding. As an Italian living in the US, I couldn't be more proud of what we accomplished and how beautiful some cities are. Excellent job! You definitely have one more subscriber.

    • @MladenMijatov
      @MladenMijatov 23 дня назад

      I wouldn't be proud of people throwing shit out of the window and pissing in the water they live next to. But to each his own I suppose.

    • @Gig76
      @Gig76 23 дня назад +1

      I am talking about engineering and achievements and frankly I don’t care about what you think. Cheers!

  • @beausinkler224
    @beausinkler224 2 дня назад

    Like many other comments below, I, too had been to Venice (when I was 16,in 1963) and was struck by the beautiful buildings and the magic of the canals. I wondered, almost immediately, how they had built those grand structures on water and how they got rid of the waste! Thank you SO much for this wonderful video which not only reminded me of the magnificence of the city, but brought back those questions I have lived with for over half a century!!

  • @sobhansabbagh6171
    @sobhansabbagh6171 Месяц назад +5

    My grand father said , where ever is water , there is civilization , in original farsi " هر جا آب باشه آبادی هست" and Venice just proves it.

  • @AlexSchendel
    @AlexSchendel Месяц назад +12

    The simple but ingenious designs that Venice employed are rather incredible. The ingenuity it takes to design proper systems to handle the logistics of an entire city and make it all work passively without needing any sort of external power.
    I hope they still have some of that ingenuity left to save their city from flooding... Their incredibly expensive and complicated movable dams certainly didn't work. I'd be interested in a video about Venice's current fitting predicament and any solutions that are being looked at.

    • @giovannimoriggi5833
      @giovannimoriggi5833 Месяц назад +2

      It seems that a system to raise the level of the city is being seriously investigated by the Italians, based on filling the layers beneath the foundations with water, because they naturally contain pockets of water. A long and gentle progress.
      They could save the city from water, using water itself. A circle that closes!

  • @HushedGod
    @HushedGod Месяц назад +6

    It is interesting how they discovered that limiting timber's exposure to air and moisture significantly slows down the rotting process.

    • @TehButterflyEffect
      @TehButterflyEffect Месяц назад +5

      Air, not moisture. The timbers are quite exposed to moisture. 😂

    • @faithlesshound5621
      @faithlesshound5621 Месяц назад +3

      Ancient people had been living and building on and in lakes for thousands of years, in Europe and America. They only built in wood, so everything burned down sooner or later. Maybe some of that know-how had persisted? If anyone knew, it would have been practical men living in marshy places.

    • @SéaFid
      @SéaFid Месяц назад

      ​@@faithlesshound5621Crannógs in Ireland.

  • @LDacic
    @LDacic 12 дней назад +1

    The fact that so many groundbreaking innovations came from the same city, all while making it's very existence possible, is spectacular! Goes to show how humans thrive under pressure and we need pain in order to reach our full potential.

  • @mrnevinmathews
    @mrnevinmathews Месяц назад +7

    Venice is absolutely breathtaking! I love exploring its intricate network of canals and historic architecture. The beautifully crafted bridges are a marvel, each one with its own unique charm, adding to the city's vibrant cultural heritage and timeless allure.

    • @primalspace
      @primalspace  Месяц назад +1

      Agreed! It's a pretty spectacular place. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and good luck in the giveaway.

  • @Inder2424
    @Inder2424 Месяц назад +18

    Damn, now I really wanna live there.

    • @indernation3014
      @indernation3014 Месяц назад +2

      Me too

    • @MrRazgriz
      @MrRazgriz Месяц назад +22

      You don't, prices for houses are staggering, most of the original shops are now Chinese scam shops for tourists, the local population dwindled over time due to the over tourism, it's a beautiful city but ruined by capitalism.
      There is Mestre though, the rest of the city that expanded on land.

    • @kamilpotato3764
      @kamilpotato3764 Месяц назад +2

      @@MrRazgriz Mestre is cesspool. Full of third world "imports". Especially anywhere near station. There are better small towns on the way to Udine.

  • @bizbopbupp
    @bizbopbupp Месяц назад +14

    Went to Venice 2 years ago, it's in a league of its own. There's just something that other cities like Florence, Rome cannot provide.

    • @vsslsmchlks
      @vsslsmchlks Месяц назад +1

      To be fair, Florence is an animal of its own

  • @dXXPacmanXXb
    @dXXPacmanXXb Месяц назад +9

    Are they still using rainwater as main water source?

    • @hodisfut
      @hodisfut Месяц назад +10

      They are connected to the mainland for water and electricity

  • @Aleksitaly92
    @Aleksitaly92 Месяц назад +8

    1:28 Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong but the "large timber piles" were not coming from Croatia. The first logs came from local forests. I find it difficult to believe that logs from as far away as Croatia would be carried all the way there in the beginning of the settlement

    • @FuncleChuck
      @FuncleChuck 27 дней назад

      I understand that Croatia isn’t far from Venice, but it’s still so much farther that it doesn’t seem likely that the first piles would have come from there.

    • @roknovak303
      @roknovak303 21 день назад +1

      Timber came from Slovene lands.

    • @InfoRome
      @InfoRome 21 день назад +2

      You are right, they came from local forest. After the year 1000, when Venice conquered Dalmatia, they came from there.

    • @VPHOBBVIDS
      @VPHOBBVIDS 19 дней назад

      Actually came from Russia Siberia

  • @GordonGordon
    @GordonGordon Месяц назад +8

    WTF mate. Wait. So the waste still flushes out into the canal today?
    Also. Amazing video.

    • @LaugeHeiberg
      @LaugeHeiberg Месяц назад +1

      It's the sea, not a river, that's an important difference. The sea is freaking huge

    • @LaugeHeiberg
      @LaugeHeiberg Месяц назад +2

      But they are working on it: You cant open a restaurant or hotel without proper wastewater facilities for instance.
      There's already a lot of septic tanks installed around the city

    • @GordonGordon
      @GordonGordon Месяц назад +1

      ​@@LaugeHeibergAh. Can't imagine being the guy to float the septic tank collection..... boat?... around the canals.

    • @rickcharlespersonal
      @rickcharlespersonal Месяц назад +4

      When you really think about it, it's not as bad as you think. The ocean is the toilet for literally everything that lives in it, and all that waste getting flushed out to sea fertilizes and feeds the ecosystem.

  • @KatherineRivera-zk2jb
    @KatherineRivera-zk2jb 4 часа назад +1

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  • @CarbonHydrates-si8mg
    @CarbonHydrates-si8mg Месяц назад +12

    primal space vid = good day

  • @mihovilcota8761
    @mihovilcota8761 Месяц назад +6

    They didn't "gather" wood from Croatia. They cut down an entire west mountain side of Velebit. To this day there is no sigle three left. They completly destroyed half a mountain...😢

    • @Luka_menorykee
      @Luka_menorykee Месяц назад +1

      Yup, everyone marveling at the "ingenuity" should go and take a hard look at the destroyed mountain and the terrible winds that still cause destruction today due to all the vegetation missing on that side of the mountain. It's a 200-kilometer mountain.
      All the earth was blown off the mountain due to no protection from the trees, and then the rest of the vegetation as well, causing climate change, winds getting stronger and destroying the vegetation on the nearby islands as well.
      If they were smart, they would have planted some new trees as well, but they just behaved like pest, destroying everything in their way

    • @lukavesel477
      @lukavesel477 Месяц назад +4

      Don't forget to mention the slovenian kras that was also cut down for pilars in venice, in slovenija they planted new trees that are mostly red pine so we often get fires there because its so flamable wood, everyone talks about engeneering breakthrou but nobody mentions the negative side that efected slovenija and croatia

    • @toomanyopinions8353
      @toomanyopinions8353 27 дней назад +1

      Not sure what you thought “gather wood” meant in this content? The vast majority of Europe is stripped of its forests. Humans spent thousands of years cutting down entire forests to build cities throughout Europe. This is not unique to the Venetians and demonizing them for it isn’t fair. This is genuinely a problem experienced all over Europe. Please look up maps of land in Europe that was forested before and after humans got to it.

  • @lollonuse
    @lollonuse 21 день назад +3

    We downgraded so bad. Im from Rome, we have things that hold since thousands, and we have streets and bridges, and houses, made 1 year ago that falls apart with some wind XD

  • @plakjeham118
    @plakjeham118 19 дней назад +1

    In the Netherlands this method of busting large piles into the ground to prevent the houses from sacking into the ground is also used everywhere. Interesting to see how old this method actually truly is!

  • @dXXPacmanXXb
    @dXXPacmanXXb Месяц назад +9

    Are they still dumping their waste directly into the ocean?

    • @cosimopastia8389
      @cosimopastia8389 Месяц назад +1

      I believe we all do

    • @unvergebeneid
      @unvergebeneid Месяц назад +2

      ​@cosimopastia8389 uhm, where do you live if I may ask? Have you ever heard of wastewater treatment plants and waste treatment facilities?

    • @kapsi
      @kapsi Месяц назад +5

      "The good thing is that the city is trying to improve its wastewater treatment recently. Venice already has more than 6,000 septic tanks that can process and treat the wastewater before releasing it into the city’s canals.
      The government is also doing its part well. It had recently placed around 140 small biological wastewater treatment plants in the city. Nowadays, the government has also forbidden by law to start a hotel or restaurant without a proper wastewater treatment system. This implies that the government is working hard to solve the problem caused by the older version of the sewage system."

    • @LaugeHeiberg
      @LaugeHeiberg Месяц назад

      Another thing to note is that they're dumping into an ocean, not a river or lake.
      The ocean is huge

    • @unvergebeneid
      @unvergebeneid Месяц назад +1

      @@LaugeHeiberg well, they're dumping the wastewater into a lagoon, which has less and less circulation with the sea, partly thanks to the new flood barrier.

  • @christianajoe8563
    @christianajoe8563 6 дней назад +7

    Every place is nice if you have money. No place is nice if you don't.

    • @antoniolabrasca9069
      @antoniolabrasca9069 6 дней назад +3

      If you don’t find a means of multiplying your money, you will wake up one day to realize that the money you thought you had, had exhausted. Investment is a ladder to climb the financial wall.

    • @popsarah7805
      @popsarah7805 6 дней назад +2

      You’re correct I make a lot of money without relying on the government. Investing in stocks and digital currencies is beneficial at the moment.

    • @jeremygood3246
      @jeremygood3246 6 дней назад +2

      Honestly our government has no idea how people are suffering these days. I much feel sorry for the disabled people who don’t get the help they deserve

    • @indiaculture5166
      @indiaculture5166 6 дней назад +2

      Everyone needs more than their salary to be financial stable. The best thing to do with your money is to invest it rightly, because money left for saving always end up used with no returns.

    • @markdamascus7878
      @markdamascus7878 6 дней назад +2

      That's great! I'm motivated too! How can we achieve this challenge?

  • @WhyThisUsername
    @WhyThisUsername 19 дней назад +3

    Why did they make city from cs go in real life

  • @kyden9012
    @kyden9012 23 дня назад +1

    To think a city build over 1k years ago is more advanced than many other newer towns is wild