Stories: SAFEGUARDING THE VENETIAN LAGOON: VeniceLagoon-photoLukaDakskobler-019

A strong high wall called the Murazzi stretches some 20 km along the barrier island of Pellestrina to protect the lagoon from open sea and the waves that come with storms. The wall was built over two hundred years ago and was restored in the 1970s.

A strong high wall called the Murazzi stretches some 20 km along the barrier island of Pellestrina to protect the lagoon from open sea and the waves that come with storms. The wall was built over two hundred years ago and was restored in the 1970s.