Most modern structures are built to last 50 years or so, but ingenious ancient engineering has kept this watery city afloat for more than 1,600 years – using only wood.

There is a common belief that because these wooden poles are underwater, they don’t rot because of the lack of oxygen.

However, some people argue that Venice should be called the sinking city rather than the floating city. The very thought of a city built on water is enough to capture the imagination of anyone who ...

“High of 150cm ... Venice is working to restart,” Brugnaro said after the sea water swamped the already devastated city where authorities have declared a state of emergency. To the ...

There are days when visitors to this exquisite jewel box of a city outnumber locals two-to ... in Farrow & Ball pastels that pick up Venice's water colours and enhance the classic-contemporary ...

These trees ... and Mexico City in general, is an open-air museum of everything that can go wrong with your foundations." After more than a millennium and a half in the water, Venice's foundations ...