why was venise built on water??
2006-10-08 00:27:32 · 10 answers · asked by louisa d 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Venice wasn't built on water. It was built on islands, 118 to be exact, in a lagoon.
These islands were never very high above sea leve, typically 2-4 feet.
Because of subsidence, the islands have sunk over time.
2006-10-08 03:24:36 · answer #1 · answered by TJ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There was a television series on the BBC recently about Italy presented by somebody from Venice. I recollect that he explained that Venice was founded in the Dark Ages following the fall of the Roman Empire and was deliberately built on an area of marshy swamps for defensive purposes. This enabled the City to protect itself whilst it built up independent power, whilst its location at the topic of the Adriatic made it a merchant power at a time when most trade went by sea.
I don't know if you could get more precise information by looking up the BBC website or if other people reading this answer may remember the series better than I do!
2006-10-08 13:20:08 · answer #2 · answered by Philosophical Fred 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Venice aren't built on water. Venice is forming by hundreds of small islands and not on water like all the people think.
And the reason to built it in a small islands? I don't know but you have to understand that to Venice the sea was very important, for money and defence.
2006-10-08 12:23:52 · answer #3 · answered by Ντάνιελ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Venice (Italian: Venezia Venetian: Venexia) is the capital of the region of Veneto and the province of the same name in Italy. Its population is 271,663 (census estimate January 1, 2004). The city is included, with Padua (Padova), in the Padua-Venice Metropolitan Area, population 1,600,000.
The city stretches across numerous small islands in the marshy Venetian Lagoon along the Adriatic Sea in northeast Italy. The saltwater lagoon stretches along the shoreline between the mouths of the Po (south) and the Piave (north) Rivers. The population estimate of 272,000 inhabitants includes the population of the whole Comune of Venezia; the historic city of Venice (Centro storico) inhabitants are around 62,000, while approximately 176,000 people live in Terraferma (literal firm land, it means the extra-lagoon areas) and 31,000 live in other islands of the lagoon.
The Venetian Republic was a major sea power and a staging area for the Crusades, as well as a very important centre of commerce (especially the spice trade) and art in the Renaissance.
2006-10-08 08:17:54 · answer #4 · answered by pelancha 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's not built on water. Venice is actually built on series of islands in the Adriatic Sea. The canals are simply the waterways between the many islands. The cities of Stockholm and St. Petersburg are similarly constructed on series of islands, and each calls itself "The Venice of the North."
2006-10-08 07:40:51 · answer #5 · answered by Jack 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The canals date back to the 5th Century and were built on a swampy, sparsley settled lagoon in order to escape the swords of the invading Barbarians.
2006-10-08 09:24:44 · answer #6 · answered by Vagabond5879 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No idea, but have you been there?! It is absolutely gorgeous. There is no city like it! Maybe they built it for the uniqueness? Or maybe the water was there already and they decided hmmm... let's make this different!
2006-10-08 07:34:59 · answer #7 · answered by laislinns 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
i did see a program on it but didn't take much notice but it is still sinking so i guess at on time it was above water not sure though .
2006-10-08 07:39:24 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
...because that was what was present at the time!
Please narrow the parameters of your question.
2006-10-08 11:52:18 · answer #9 · answered by shlomogon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
good question! aint got a clue!!!
2006-10-08 07:52:19 · answer #10 · answered by mum-2-be 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋