Si tu trip to Venice If you have to do it during the winter, it may happen that you are going to visit during a time when there is High water.
This is the situation that tends to happen more and more often, so that this phenomenon is becoming more and more common.
Actually, the High Water phenomenon: High water As it is called in Italian, it is nothing more than strong tidal rises that between the months of October and April It occurs at certain times in Venice, so that the city is partially flooded.
It is considered that there High Water in Venice when the 90 centimeters with respect to the normal level of the tide.
The higher the tide, the more areas of Venice are covered by water, so if it exceeds 1,3o meters, as happened in October 2004, December 2008 or today (December 2009), More than 80 percent of the city is flooded.
Furthermore, in recent decades there has been an increase in the frequency of High Water phenomenon or Acqua Alta, so that it is already common for something to happen 60 times a year.
All this is a result of the slow sinking of Venice, a city that is currently two meters lower than it was 600 years ago.
If High Water coincides with you during your Venice sightseeing tour, you should know that, in reality, the city is very prepared for this phenomenon.
For this reason, elevated walkways are enabled in flooded areas, which are the lowest areas of the city, as is the case of the St. Mark's Square, who It usually floods during High Water.
Since my trips to Venice have not coincided with High Water times, to learn about the experiences of travelers who have visited the city in these circumstances, I recommend reading the account of Magoia in Viamedius or Dziga Vertov's on his blog Architect Backpack.
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