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The text related to the cultural heritage 'Venice and its Lagoon' has mentioned 'Lagoon' in the following places:
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| The lagoon and a part of the city are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. | WIKI |
| Contents 1 History 1.1 Origins 1.2 Expansion 1.3 Decline 1.4 Modern age 2 Geography 2.1 Subsidence 2.1.1 Building foundations 2.1.2 Flooding 2.2 Climate 3 Demographics 4 Government 4.1 Local and regional government 4.2 Sestieri 5 Economy 5.1 Tourism 5.1.1 Mitigating the effects of tourism 5.1.2 Diverting cruise ships 6 Transportation 6.1 In the historic centre 6.1.1 Waterways 6.2 Public transport 6.2.1 Lagoon area 6.2.2 Lido and Pellestrina islands 6.2.3 Mainland 6.3 Rail 6.4 Ports 6.5 Aviation 7 Sport 8 Education 9 Culture 9.1 Literature 9.1.1 In literature and adapted works 9.1.2 Foreign words of Venetian origin 9.2 Printing 9.3 Painting 9.4 Venetian architecture 9.5 Rococo style 9.6 Glass 9.7 Festivals 9.8 Music 9.8.1 Orchestras 9.9 Cinema, media, and popular culture 9.9.1 In films 9.9.2 In music 9.9.3 In video games 9.10 Photography 9.11 Cuisine 9.12 Fashion and shopping 10 International relations 10.1 Twin towns xe2x80x93 sister cities 10.2 Cooperation agreements 10.3 Places named after Venice 11 Notable people 12 See also 13 References 13.1 Bibliography 13.1.1 Academic 13.1.2 Popular 14 External links | WIKI |
| [21][22] Some late Roman sources reveal the existence of fishermen, on the islands in the original marshy lagoons, who were referred to as incolae lacunae ("lagoon dwellers"). | WIKI |
| The tribuni maiores formed the earliest central standing governing committee of the islands in the lagoon, dating from c. | WIKI |
| At about this time, the people of the lagoon elected their own independent leader for the first time, although the relationship of this to the uprisings is not clear. | WIKI |
| Settlement on the islands in the lagoon probably increased with the Lombard conquest of other Byzantine territories, as refugees sought asylum in the area. | WIKI |
| Those fleeing Barbarian invasions who found refuge on the sandy islands of Torcello, Iesolo, and Malamocco, in this coastal lagoon, learned to build by driving closely spaced piles consisting of the trunks of alder trees, a wood noted for its water resistance, into the mud and sand,[45][46] until they reached a much harder layer of compressed clay. | WIKI |
| Six hundred years ago, Venetians protected themselves from land-based attacks by diverting all the major rivers flowing into the lagoon and thus preventing sediment from filling the area around the city. | WIKI |
| [48] This created an ever-deeper lagoon environment. | WIKI |
| During the 20th century, when many artesian wells were sunk into the periphery of the lagoon to draw water for local industry, Venice began to subside. | WIKI |
| In May 2003, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi inaugurated the MOSE Project (Modulo Sperimentale Elettromeccanico), an experimental model for evaluating the performance of hollow floatable gates; the idea is to fix a series of 78 hollow pontoons to the sea bed across the three entrances to the lagoon. | WIKI |
| During the most severe winters, the canals and parts of the lagoon can freeze, but with the warming trend of the past 30xe2x80x9340 years, the occurrence has become rarer. | WIKI |
| In 2009, there were 270,098 people residing in the Comune of Venice (the population estimate of 272,000 inhabitants includes around 60,000 in the historic city of Venice (Centro storico), 176,000 in Terraferma (the mainland); and 31,000 on other islands in the lagoon); 47.4% were male and 52.6% were female. | WIKI |
| Borough Population President Party Term Lagoon area 1 Venezia (Historic city)xe2x80x93Muranoxe2x80x93Burano 69,136 Marco Borghi PD 2020xe2x80x932025 2 Lidoxe2x80x93Pellestrina 21,664 Emilio Guberti Ind 2020xe2x80x932025 Mainland (terraferma)[a] 3 Favaro Veneto 23,615 Marco Bellato Ind 2020xe2x80x932025 4 Mestrexe2x80x93Carpenedo 88,592 Raffaele Pasqualetto LN 2020xe2x80x932025 5 Chirignagoxe2x80x93Zelarino 38,179 Francesco Tagliapietra Ind 2020xe2x80x932025 6 Marghera 28,466 Teodoro Marolo Ind 2020xe2x80x932025 | WIKI |
| In addition to accelerating erosion of the ancient city's foundations and creating some pollution in the lagoon,[12][112] cruise ships dropping an excessive number of day trippers can make St. Marks Square and other popular attractions too crowded to walk through during the peak season. | WIKI |
| More than 18,000 people voted at 60 polling booths set up by activists, and 17,874 favored banning large ships from the lagoon. | WIKI |
| On 28 February 2019, the Venice City Council voted in favour of a new municipal regulation requiring day-trippers visiting the historic centre, and the islands in the lagoon, to pay a new access fee. | WIKI |
| Having failed in its 2013 bid to ban oversized cruise ships from the Giudecca Canal, the Italian inter-ministerial Comitatone overseeing Venice's lagoon released an official directive in November 2017 to keep the largest cruise ships away from the Piazza San Marco and the entrance to the Grand Canal. | WIKI |
| [129] Italy's transport minister spoke of a "solution to protect both the lagoon and tourism ... after many years of inertia" but specifics were not reported. | WIKI |
| For the last four months of 2019, all heavy vessels will dock at the Fusina and Lombardia terminals which are still on the lagoon but away from the central islands. | WIKI |
| Venice is built on an archipelago of 118 islands[4] in a shallow, 550xc2xa0km2 (212xc2xa0sqxc2xa0mi) lagoon,[135] connected by 400 bridges[136] over 177 canals. | WIKI |
| Lagoon area[edit] | WIKI |
| Michael Dibdin's Dead Lagoon (1994), one in a series of novels featuring Venice-born policeman Aurelio Zen. | WIKI |
| Some words with a Venetian etymology include arsenal, ciao, ghetto, gondola, imbroglio, lagoon, lazaret, lido, Montenegro, and regatta. | WIKI |
| Venetian cuisine is characterized by seafood, but also includes garden products from the islands of the lagoon, rice from the mainland, game, and polenta. | WIKI |
| The UNESCO World Heritage property comprises the city of Venice and its lagoon situated in the Veneto Region of Northeast Italy. | UNESCO |
| In this lagoon covering 70,176.4xc2xa0ha, nature and history have been closely linked since the 5th century when Venetian populations, to escape barbarian raids, found refuge on the sandy islands of Torcello, Jesolo and Malamocco. | UNESCO |
| Over the centuries, during the entire period of the expansion of Venice, when it was obliged to defend its trading markets against the commercial undertakings of the Arabs, the Genoese and the Ottoman Turks, Venice never ceased to consolidate its position in the lagoon. | UNESCO |
| However, at the heart of the lagoon, Venice itself stood as one of the greatest capitals in the medieval world. | UNESCO |
| Venice and its lagoon landscape is the result of a dynamic process which illustrates the interaction between people and the ecosystem of their natural environment over time. | UNESCO |
| Human interventions show high technical and creative skills in the realization of the hydraulic and architectural works in the lagoon area. | UNESCO |
| The unique cultural heritage accumulated in the lagoon over the centuries is attested by the discovery of important archaeological settlements in the Altino area and other sites on the mainland, which were important communication and trade hubs. | UNESCO |
| Venice and its lagoon form an inseparable whole of which the city of Venice is the pulsating historic heart and a unique artistic achievement. | UNESCO |
| The city is built on 118 small islands and seems to float on the waters of the lagoon, composing an unforgettable landscape whose imponderable beauty inspired Canaletto, Guardi, Turner and many other painters. | UNESCO |
| The lagoon of Venice also has one of the highest concentrations of masterpieces in the world: from Torcelloxe2x80x99s Cathedral to the church of Santa Maria della Salute.The years of the Republicxe2x80x99s extraordinary Golden Age are represented by monuments of incomparable beauty: San Marco, Palazzo Ducale, San Zanipolo, Scuola di San Marco, Frari and Scuola di San Rocco, San Giorgio Maggiore, etc. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (v): In the Mediterranean area, the lagoon of Venice represents an outstanding example of a semi-lacustral habitat which has become vulnerable as a result of irreversible natural and climate changes. | UNESCO |
| The "Queen of the Seasxe2x80x9d, heroically perched on her tiny islands, extended her horizon well beyond the lagoon, the Adriatic and the Mediterranean. | UNESCO |
| Due to their geographical characteristics, the city of Venice and the lagoon settlements have retained their original integrity of the built heritage, the settlement structure and its interrelation in the lagoon. | UNESCO |
| The boundaries of the city and other lagoon settlements are well circumscribed and delimited by water. | UNESCO |
| Venice has retained its boundaries, the landscape characteristics and the physical and functional relationships with the lagoon environment. | UNESCO |
| The exceptionally high tourism pressure on the city of Venice has resulted in a partial functional transformation in Venice and the historic centres of the Lagoon. | UNESCO |
| This includes functional transformations of Venice and the lagoon historic centers caused by the replacement of residentsxe2x80x99 houses with accommodation and commercial activities and services to the residence with tourism-related activities that endanger the identity and the cultural and social integrity of the property. | UNESCO |
| The occurrence of exceptional high waters poses a significant threat to the protection and integrity of Venice lagoon and historic settlements. | UNESCO |
| Although this phenomenon has a significant impact on the morphology and landscape configuration of the lagoon due to the erosion of the seabed and of the salt marshes, it does not at present endanger the integrity of the property. | UNESCO |
| The other lagoon settlements have also maintained a high level of authenticity, which continues to manifest itself in preservation of the character and specificity of the places. | UNESCO |
| The historical processes that were developed over the centuries and helped shape the lagoon landscape have left a strong testimony of the action of the people, whose work is tangibly visible and recognizable in its authenticity and historical sequences. | UNESCO |
| One of the main tools for the protection of the property is the implementation of the 1973 Special Law for Venice, which aims to guarantee the protection of the landscape, historical, archaeological and artistic heritage of the city of Venice and its lagoon by ensuring its socio-economic livelihood. | UNESCO |
| Other public authorities, such as Magistrato alle Acque (the Venice Water Authority), safeguard Venice and the lagoon ecosystem. | UNESCO |
| Environmental protection and landscape is governed by specific laws and regulations, under which the Superintendence of Architectural Heritage and Landscape of Venice and its Lagoon oversees all works and interventions that can change the landscape of the property. | UNESCO |
| The Management Plan for the World Heritage property is approved by the responsible bodies for the protection and management of the property: Veneto Region, Province of Padua, Province of Venice, Municipality of Venice, Municipality of Campagna Lupia, Municipality of Cavallino-Treporti, Municipality of Chioggia, Municipality of Codevigo, Municipality of Mira, Municipality of Musile di Piave, Municipality of Jesolo, Municipality of Quarto Dxe2x80x99Altino, Regional Department of Cultural Heritage and Landscape of Veneto, Superintendence of Architectural Heritage and Landscape of Venice and its Lagoon, Superintendence of Archaeological Heritage of Veneto, Superintendence of Historical and Artistic Heritage of Venice and of the municipalities in the lagoon boundary area, Superintendence of the Archives of Veneto, State Archive of Venice, Diocese of Venice, Venice Water Authority and Port Authority of Venice. | UNESCO |
| In order to preserve the lagoon and protect its historic settlements and the historic city of Venice against flooding, several projects have been elaborated. | UNESCO |
| These include an integrated system of public works, such as the mobile flood gates (MoSE - Experimental Electromechanical Module) to temporarily isolate the lagoon from the sea and some complementary measures capable of reducing the level of the most frequent tides in the lowest areas on the water. | UNESCO |
| Strategic objectives and a specific Action Plan have been agreed to relieve the pressure on Venice by offering alternative and complementary options to traditional tourism by creating a network among the municipalities in the lagoon boundary area and other key stakeholders that are operating within the property. | UNESCO |