Rachmaninov's Best of Venice Thread

Rachmaninov · July 6th, 2006, 05:30 PM

All pics shot by myself in late June. Enjoy!!!!

Rachmaninov · July 6th, 2006, 05:34 PM

All pics shot by myself in late June. Enjoy!!!!

***hkskyline*** · July 6th, 2006, 05:35 PM

Great weather! Not like London .. hahaha ... except when I was there!

urbane · July 7th, 2006, 05:24 AM

Very nice pics !!

OtAkAw · July 7th, 2006, 11:00 AM

Venice is the most perfectly picturesque and beautiful city in Europe! ANd those pics tell me millions of reasons.

Wilhem275 · July 7th, 2006, 08:00 PM

Very nice pics... and very nice city

El_Greco · July 7th, 2006, 08:20 PM

Beautiful

FREKI · July 7th, 2006, 09:24 PM

Very beautiful!

Despite hearing a lot of critizism of the place lately it's still the place I would like to visit in Italy the most

InitialD18 · July 7th, 2006, 09:28 PM

one of the most fascinating urban square mile in the world
booboo gogo

Justme · July 7th, 2006, 11:55 PM

Great photos of one of the most unique city in the world.

But trust me on this. No photos can ever prepare you for Venice. It's not just how it looks, it's how it feels as well, and it doesn't feel like any other place on earth.

cmoonflyer · July 8th, 2006, 12:01 AM

Cool shots for the beautiful city !

Aboveday · July 8th, 2006, 02:49 PM

crossbowman · July 8th, 2006, 03:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rachmaninov

That pic looks so out of place in the scenery of Venice!

Great pics....great place!

Accura4Matalan · July 8th, 2006, 05:55 PM

Beautiful pics. I really hope they stop it sinking.

Justme · July 8th, 2006, 06:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Accura

Beautiful pics. I really hope they stop it sinking.

When I was over there earlier this year a couple of locals had told me that it has stopped sinking. The main problem was the water wells bored at the turn of the last century. They sucked up the water table under the city and increased the rate the city was sinking dramatically. This was realized by the 1950's and they closed off the wells. It took a few decades, but much of the sinking has stopped. There is still isolated cases, but mostly confined to specific buildings and that is more manageable.

Of cause there are other problems. One being the high tide surges. These are usually caused by weather fronts during normal extra high tides. An excellent solution has been proposed which is to build barriers across the three main entrances to the Lagoon. Normally these will be open, and when open, they would hardly be seen as the barriers will be under water. But when a high tide and storm front is predicted, they will close each of the openings. Most people support this plan, but a few hard core environmentalists are trying to block it as they fear a few frogs may not be able to leave during the brief closed periods.

Rachmaninov · July 9th, 2006, 12:32 AM

Thanks guys!!

What about soil consolidation? I've heard that the stone slabs they used were quite heavy too.

koolkid · July 9th, 2006, 01:03 AM

yeah, good question.

I got to visit this city before I die!!

-koolkid

parisuite · July 9th, 2006, 04:05 AM

Beautiful city! I want to go there someday

Luis_RiodeJaneiro · July 9th, 2006, 04:40 AM

one of the most fascinating cities of the world and a must-go ! the most romantic, the most original...grazzie !

Kaitak747 · July 16th, 2006, 09:36 PM

I guarantee I must visit Venise someday, it's a really mind-boggling city.

July 6th, 2006, 05:30 PM	#1
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urbane Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Offenbach a.M. (D) / Trieste (I) Posts: 1,387	Very nice pics !! __________________ My latest threads: Palermo, Sicily Vaduz, Liechtenstein Ribeirão da Ilha, Brasil My hometown: Trieste photo thread BRASIL photos: Curitiba (PR) Maringá (PR) Londrina (PR) Iguaçú/Iguazú waterfalls & tri-border Bombinhas & Porto Belo (SC)

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July 6th, 2006, 05:34 PM	#2
Rachmaninov Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Posts: 3,190	All pics shot by myself in late June. Enjoy!!!!

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Justme Gotta lite? Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Woopie doo Frankfurt Posts: 4,395	Great photos of one of the most unique city in the world. But trust me on this. No photos can ever prepare you for Venice. It's not just how it looks, it's how it feels as well, and it doesn't feel like any other place on earth. __________________ I'm doing my bit to save bandwidth by deleting my signature

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July 9th, 2006, 12:32 AM	#16
Rachmaninov Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Posts: 3,190	Thanks guys!! What about soil consolidation? I've heard that the stone slabs they used were quite heavy too.

July 9th, 2006, 01:03 AM	#17
koolkid Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: New York Posts: 2,785	yeah, good question. I got to visit this city before I die!! -koolkid

July 9th, 2006, 04:05 AM	#18
parisuite Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Toronto Posts: 210	Beautiful city! I want to go there someday

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