The MOSE project barrier and gantry lift at the Chioggia lagoon entrance, Venice, Italy with one 210 ton gate raised on a barge being inspected by engineers. MOSE was designed to protect Venice from Acqua Alta or flooding by the high tides of the lagoon due to Climate Change, but has been mired in corruption from the inception and is still non operational.

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The MOSE project barrier and gantry lift at the Chioggia lagoon entrance, Venice, Italy with one 210 ton gate raised on a barge being inspected by engineers. MOSE was designed to protect Venice from Acqua Alta or flooding by the high tides of the lagoon due to Climate Change, but has been mired in corruption from the inception and is still non operational.

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Size: 3809px × 2549px
Location: Chioggia, VE, Italia
Photo credit: © Ferdinando Piezzi / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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