5. Venice is a city build ON THE WATER
Actually, the city is built on different islands,
MANY different islands.
6. Venice doesn’t use roads, it uses canals.
◦The biggest
canal in Venice
is called the
Grand Canal. It’s
shaped like an S
and goes through
the whole city.
7. How do you get places?
Water Bus - Vaporetto Gondola
9. Why would people move here?
◦ Venice was started in 400 AD.
◦ They were running away from the Italian mainland, where it wasn’t safe to live anymore. There were lots of
battles and wars going on.
◦ It was difficult to get to Venice and hard to find with large boats, so the early Venetians were safe!
10. Want to visit?
◦Each year,
20,000,000
people visit!
◦But… only
50,000
people live there!
12. Visit soon!
◦ The city is slowly sinking – 1 to 4 mm per year!
◦ The oceans are rising – 26 cm since 1870!
13. Let’s take a tour!
◦ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_5n1EfcWyM
◦ https://www.citylab.com/life/2013/11/virtual-tour-venice-so-good-youll-feel-you-were-actually-
there/7607/
Hinweis der Redaktion
There are over 18 islands, with 417 bridges!
There are 170 canals.
The water bus is MUCH cheaper than the gondola ride.
