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Details of old buildings

Anchors holding building together
Road names painted large on the buildings, this is not to help lost tourists but is the original method – used to be sheets.
Peeling plaster, damp
Modification
Degrading building materials
Degrading building with anchors
Ex-window
Different layers of work
Old building materials recycled into a newer building
This is a little shrine
The white layer is the waterproof layer, working fine for this building
Poorer quality construction with a thinner waterproof layer which is not working well
Waterproof layer is at water level, so the bricks are wet and degrading
Thicker waterproof layer but still getting splashed by boats and the bricks are getting wet

Did you think you were going to get a collection of pretty pictures ! Venice was designed very well but did not take into account –

  • Wakes of motor driven boats
  • De-watering below ground causing the soils to shrink
  • Changing sea levels
  • Gravity – through time the heavy buildings have sunk into the mud

Next –An gondola rowing lesson