Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio per la città metropolitana di Venezia

Architetture d’acqua nel Veneziano a cavallo tra Ottocento e Novecento

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Abstract

The article shows a selection of examples of protected industrial heritage (industrial archaeology) related to water, in the Venetian area and the hinterland of the city, built between the last years of the nineteenth century and the first decades of the twentieth century: artificial canals and their locks; water pumping stations; static or moving bridges; water works system; harbour docks. These minor architectural signs, often forgotten by the public and by the town-administrations, are important witnesses of the technical progress and of the history of the amfibious territory of Venice, in its constant transformation between water and land.


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Presentato: 10 Luglio 2025 | Pubblicato 17 Dicembre 2025 | Lingua: it

Keywords Water pumps • Industrial archaeology • Historic engineering • Venetian lagoon • Historic hydraulic engineering • Industrial heritage • Water architecture • Historic bridges • Canal locks

Copyright © 2025 Irina Baldescu, Elisa Longo, Alessandro Boscolo, Elisabetta Zambon. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-943-6/010


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