The city’s residents treat the lagoon as a watery backyard, picnicking or beachgoing on islands both tiny and sprawling. Visitors can do the same and more, exploring islands full of history ...

An unparalleled architectural marvel, the historic city of Venice is constructed upon a network of over 100 small islands in the Venetian Lagoon ... The Grand Canal (Canal Grande), Venice ...

A deserted lagoon city ... it’s the presence of absence.” Canal poles known as pali rise out out of the water in 1980. Venice of course is a city with more history than most, and Kenna ...

Visitors to the Venice Biennale of Architecture will be able to buy espresso made from canal ... The lagoon makes itself felt as a living presence, through the briny smell that seeps into city ...