Lagoon ecosystem

Lagoon of Venice

• What is the lagoon?
• Water and land
• Fauna and vegetation

Drainage basin

Adriatic Sea

Activities

Description of interventions

• Defence from high waters
  • Mose system. Work to regulate tidal floods at the inlets
  • Local defence of urban centres

• Defence from sea storms
  • Coastal reinforcement
  • Restructuring of the jetties

• Environmental defence
• Arrest of environmental deterioration
• Morphological restoration
• Reduction of the traffic of petrochemical products
  
  
• Associated activities
• Venice Arsenale
• San marco bell tower
• Archaeological site of San Marco in Boccalama

On line archives

Safeguarding of Venice: legislative references

Minutes, documents and opinions

Texts, articles, publications

Themed sections

Information Service

Voltabarozzo Experimentation Centre

Navigation simulator

Close-up

High waters and Mose system: questions and answers

News, films and interviews

Information centre of Puntolaguna

Map of the site

Frequently asked questions

Lagoon glossary

Link