An 18th-century view of Venice by Venetian artist Canaletto

Venice’s Hidden Wooden Forest

Venice looks as if it floats on water. But beneath its palaces lies an enormous forest of wooden piles driven into mud.

Venice’s Hidden Wooden Pile Foundations

Venice viewed from the International Space Station

Refugees Built on a Lagoon

People fleeing invasions sought safety on sandy lagoon islands. To build there, they drove closely spaced alder trunks through mud and sand. Alder is a tree whose wood resists decay underwater.

Venice’s Hidden Wooden Pile Foundations

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