Another important factor: Because the Venice lagoon was salt water, with a great deal of silt, it contained very little oxygen. Thus the wood poles, rather than rotting in the water, became petrified & rock-like.
well actually its quite the opposite, they say the salty mudwater keeps the poles from decomposing, evenso in amsterdam. its when waterlevels drop and the poles come in contact with the air they start to decompose and houses will start to crack
I always wondered how Venice 'floated,' and while this is incredible, it does not bode well for their future in our rising sea levels. Using the sea as a sewer is not workable for much longer, either, as well as being disgusting. All those people in the canals and gondolas floating through sewage water. Gross.
True. Also, Venice is already gross, with the trash left by tourists floating in all directions in the canals. I've seen it with my own eyes and it was a long time ago. Maybe they clean it better these days but read it's still a problem.
@@daniemelk the original design did not take melting ice caps and rising sea levels into account. I think we can forgive them for that one tiny oversight.
Visit in Venice. It's not all that 1. It's sinking, it won't last another 100 years. 2. It stinks. Algae and mosquito infested canals are everywhere. Stagnant water in many places. 3. Its expensive. $30 for a cup of coffee in St. Marks. 4. It's crowded. About a million tourists per day, pickpocketing everywhere, expensive souvenirs.
1 Yes Better visit now 2 What can u expect from a marsh sfortunately all the sewage go into the canals 3 Like every touristic city and i dont like saying as (venetians) but tourist are higher charge beacause they dont understand well the price especially chinese and japanese who are tend to have higher value in yen or yuan so they think 30 for a caffè is less. 4 Like every tourist city has this problem but its more crowded also beacause the city is small the tourist per day are like the triple of local who live there so phisically u dont have much space
Italian supremacist, why am I not surprised. That's not even something to joke about, it never was. What if someone were to tell you that God's people do it better? The Hebrews, Israelites, Jews and modern day Israelis, they're chosen, they're better. What if someone were to tell you that? Would you still say that Italians do it better? I do hope I'm wrong about this and you were actually joking with no malice. If so, great. But this is the context that many will hear it in.
@@scapegoatiscariot2767 My comment came from a fleeting moment of national pride prompted by seeing the images of a cathedral we built on top of a literal swamp, which I decided to express through a phrase that was intended to be taken more in a tongue-in-cheek way than as an attempt of asserting some untenable Italian supremacy. To be honest I'm now curious about why you are not surprised about seeing online someone you assumed was an Italian supremacist (are you implying the equally untenable generalization that all Italians are supremacists?) and the odd example you made about Jewish people (by the way I would be as offended by someone saying "God's people do it better" as I would be by someone saying "Italians do it better" if they are both saying it seriously)
@@TheSummoner Then I was wrong. I apologize and I'll retract my statement. I personally believe that racism has a natural genetic core that must be overcome in modern man. That's just my belief. Others believe that racism is taught. I do not believe it is necessary to teach it. I feel quite certain that one can be hateful and dishonest enough to come by it naturally. The very fact that we would (and I would as well), make a racial joke like this, shows how embedded it is in our social and personal psyche. Please forgive me for being a troll but this issue strikes much sensitivity in me. I'm a white man who lives in the white supremacist south. I experience racism from both white and black here and I despise it.
@@scapegoatiscariot2767 I now see where you are coming from and is a completely understandable position, I hope no one will take my comment too seriously but in that case they now have our conversation to read to properly understand what I meant
Another important factor:
Because the Venice lagoon was salt water, with a great deal of silt, it contained very little oxygen. Thus the wood poles, rather than rotting in the water, became petrified & rock-like.
okay now with this secret i can go high seas and build my own country!
*Yeah sure, go ahead and do it‼️* 🤷🏼♂️ 😆😂🤣😜
Hahaha
Well, you need gold for starters. Lots of it.
Somebody already built it in the 1970s
Unfortunately swamps and lagoons are not at the high seas.
Very informative. Could be a bit longer, and more into details.
Sticks in the mud, then wood and then stone on top. How can it be more simple?
Not when you're FAKING a story... when that happens, less IS more...
Amsterdam was also built on wooden poles.
Amsterdam is the discount version of Venice, that's why you see such similarities
This was one of the first question before I went to bed. So I had to search it up
same
same
same
Same
If you stress many poles together they get the job done. I can confirm that since I am from Poland 😅
🤣🤣🤣
That’s so cool
It may be the city of most densely
packed with trees, but all are in
underground.
Umer is a legend
You should see how borneo people build cities on a swamp
how cool is that, i guess amsterdam was built the same way
They are using pine wood which last forever
The hammering was hard to watch
Isn't limestone permeable?
Wrong explanation, the wood transfers the Load down to more firm soil beneath
Venezia is a palafitte!
maar word die houtpale toe nie vrot daar onder in dei modder nie ?
There has to be more to it than that! Wood doesn’t last that long underwater for this many years… Or wet mud.
Much better way of building that has lasted for centuries than building a home on a sandy bluff facing the ocean...
How did they bash logs into the ground
Sledge Hammers
Wouldn't the wood poles decompose over time? Wouldn't the city sink?? 😱
well actually its quite the opposite, they say the salty mudwater keeps the poles from decomposing, evenso in amsterdam. its when waterlevels drop and the poles come in contact with the air they start to decompose and houses will start to crack
No, the wood calcify therefore it becomes stronger. If I'm correct it's water+ oxigen that cause wood decomposition
I always wondered how Venice 'floated,' and while this is incredible, it does not bode well for their future in our rising sea levels. Using the sea as a sewer is not workable for much longer, either, as well as being disgusting. All those people in the canals and gondolas floating through sewage water. Gross.
True. Also, Venice is already gross, with the trash left by tourists floating in all directions in the canals. I've seen it with my own eyes and it was a long time ago. Maybe they clean it better these days but read it's still a problem.
@@NaticzkaKaminskaHenryDolphin People rarely "improve," and tourist are often just big messy "pigs."
@@TheCommunicationCoach Amen, facts.
Try to say that to people dead 1300y ago, i can give you some numbers 😂
People that do promote climate "change" still have and enjoy their bazillion $ worth beach mansions...
Only Italians are capable of building such an architectural masterpiece in the middle of a swamp. No other nation will ever measure up to them.
The entirety of the Netherlands would like to speak to you
@@daniemelk is it anywhere near as beautiful as Venice? I think not.
@@ezeee595 Absolutely not but at the very least it's not flooding
@@daniemelk the original design did not take melting ice caps and rising sea levels into account. I think we can forgive them for that one tiny oversight.
Venetians are not Italians. Venetians are Venetians. The Italians were created in 1861. by some kind of decree or proclamation...
I will never be visiting this swamp!
Poland Stronk
Subsidence due to groundwater pumping, lack of new silt replenishment, sea level rise due to global warming. Venice is being hit from all sides.
Also... all of Florida pretty much.
all countries have been using this form of construction for 4,000 years
Omg he just fat shamed him 😝
😲
Visit in Venice. It's not all that
1. It's sinking, it won't last another 100 years.
2. It stinks. Algae and mosquito infested canals are everywhere. Stagnant water in many places.
3. Its expensive. $30 for a cup of coffee in St. Marks.
4. It's crowded. About a million tourists per day, pickpocketing everywhere, expensive souvenirs.
1 Yes Better visit now
2 What can u expect from a marsh sfortunately all the sewage go into the canals
3 Like every touristic city and i dont like saying as (venetians) but tourist are higher charge beacause they dont understand well the price especially chinese and japanese who are tend to have higher value in yen or yuan so they think 30 for a caffè is less.
4 Like every tourist city has this problem but its more crowded also beacause the city is small the tourist per day are like the triple of local who live there so phisically u dont have much space
Venice has always been sinking, venetians just kept building higher using flooded floors as new foundations. You can't do that anymore though.
Stop crying little crybaby
Kinda remind me of mexican chinampas, just a little
Italians do it better!
Italian supremacist, why am I not surprised.
That's not even something to joke about, it never was.
What if someone were to tell you that God's people do it better? The Hebrews, Israelites, Jews and modern day Israelis, they're chosen, they're better. What if someone were to tell you that? Would you still say that Italians do it better?
I do hope I'm wrong about this and you were actually joking with no malice. If so, great. But this is the context that many will hear it in.
@@scapegoatiscariot2767 My comment came from a fleeting moment of national pride prompted by seeing the images of a cathedral we built on top of a literal swamp, which I decided to express through a phrase that was intended to be taken more in a tongue-in-cheek way than as an attempt of asserting some untenable Italian supremacy. To be honest I'm now curious about why you are not surprised about seeing online someone you assumed was an Italian supremacist (are you implying the equally untenable generalization that all Italians are supremacists?) and the odd example you made about Jewish people (by the way I would be as offended by someone saying "God's people do it better" as I would be by someone saying "Italians do it better" if they are both saying it seriously)
@@TheSummoner
Then I was wrong. I apologize and I'll retract my statement.
I personally believe that racism has a natural genetic core that must be overcome in modern man. That's just my belief. Others believe that racism is taught. I do not believe it is necessary to teach it. I feel quite certain that one can be hateful and dishonest enough to come by it naturally. The very fact that we would (and I would as well), make a racial joke like this, shows how embedded it is in our social and personal psyche.
Please forgive me for being a troll but this issue strikes much sensitivity in me. I'm a white man who lives in the white supremacist south. I experience racism from both white and black here and I despise it.
@@scapegoatiscariot2767 I now see where you are coming from and is a completely understandable position, I hope no one will take my comment too seriously but in that case they now have our conversation to read to properly understand what I meant
@@TheSummoner
I agree. The statements should remain for the good they may do.
I wish this happened more often on the internet.
Short and sweet