Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Venice and its Lagoon' has mentioned 'Water' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
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| Venice has been known as "La Dominante", "La Serenissima", "Queen of the Adriatic", "City of Water", "City of Masks", "City of Bridges", "The Floating City", and "City of Canals". | WIKI |
| Piazza San Marco under water in 2007 | WIKI |
| Acqua alta ("high water") in Venice, 2008 | WIKI |
| Subsidence, the gradual lowering of the surface of Venice, has contributedxe2x80x94along with other factorsxe2x80x94to the seasonal Acqua alta ("high water") when much of the city's surface is occasionally covered at high tide. | 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 |
| 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 |
| It was realized that extraction of water from the aquifer was the cause. | WIKI |
| When tides are predicted to rise above 110xc2xa0cm, the pontoons will be filled with air, causing them to float and block the incoming water from the Adriatic Sea. | WIKI |
| If the barriers are closed at only 90 cm of high water, most of St Mark's will be flooded anyway; but if closed at very high levels only, then people will wonder at the logic of spending such sums on something that didn't solve the problem. | WIKI |
| [55] More than 80% of the city was covered by water, which damaged cultural heritage sites, including more than 50 churches, leading to tourists cancelling their visits. | WIKI |
| Beyond these rail and road terminals on the northern edge of the city, transportation within the city's historic centre remains, as it was in centuries past, entirely on water or on foot. | WIKI |
| Private motorised water taxis are also active. | WIKI |
| When a group of tiny islands were consolidated and organized in a unique urban system, nothing remained of the primitive topography but what became canals, such as the Giudecca Canal, St Mark's Canal and the Great Canal, and a network of small rii that are the veritable arteries of a city on water. | UNESCO |
| In this coherent ecosystem where the muddy shelves (alternately above and below water level) are as important as the islands, pile-dwellings, fishing villages and rice-fields need to be protected no less than the palazzi and churches. | UNESCO |
| The boundaries of the city and other lagoon settlements are well circumscribed and delimited by water. | UNESCO |
| The phenomenon of high water is a threat to the integrity of cultural, environmental and landscape values of the property. | UNESCO |
| Other public authorities, such as Magistrato alle Acque (the Venice Water Authority), safeguard Venice and the lagoon ecosystem. | 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 |
| 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 |