{"id":24654,"date":"2019-11-26T16:11:39","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T16:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=24654"},"modified":"2023-11-14T15:01:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T15:01:00","slug":"looking-back-to-ihbcnottingham2019-ihbcs-2019-annual-school-on-heritage-risk-and-resilience-floods-overwhelm-venice-swamping-basilica-and-squares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=24654","title":{"rendered":"Looking back to #IHBCNottingham2019, IHBC\u2019s 2019 Annual School on \u2018Heritage Risk and Resilience\u2019: \u2018Floods overwhelm Venice, swamping basilica and squares\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Venice\u2019s mayor declared a state of emergency after \u2018apocalyptic\u2019 floods swept through the lagoon city, flooding its historic basilica and inundating squares and centuries-old buildings, in a story that harks back to the IHBC\u2019s 2019 Nottingham School theme and talks, notably James Innerdale\u2019s <\/em>review of \u2018\u2026 flooding in old buildings\u2019,<\/em> and Conservation Officer Helen Brownlie\u2019s detailed \u2018\u2026 case study from Cockermouth\u2019.<\/h3>\n

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Reuters writes:<\/p>\n

Thoroughfares were turned into raging torrents, stone balustrades were shattered, boats tossed ashore and gondolas smashed against their moorings as the lagoon tide peaked at 187 cm (6ft 2ins) shortly before midnight. It was the highest level since the record 194 cm set in 1966 but with rising water levels becoming a regular threat to the tourist jewel, city mayor Luigi Brugnaro was quick to blame climate change for the disaster.<\/p>\n

\u2018Venice is on its knees,\u2019 said Brugnaro. \u2018The damage will run into hundreds of millions of euros. This is the result of climate change,\u2019 he said on Twitter. The floods, accentuated by driving rains and strong winds, also ravaged areas beyond the city itself. One man died on Pellestrina, one of the many islands that dot the Venetian lagoon, electrocuted while trying to pump water out of his house.<\/p>\n

\u2018Venice has been tortured, but there are also other parts of the Veneto region besides Venice. It is an apocalyptic disaster,\u2019 regional governor Luca Zaia told reporters. He said he was \u2018horrified\u2019 by what he was seeing from numerous communities. Venice\u2019s huge Saint Mark\u2019s Square, once described as Europe\u2019s living room, was submerged by more than one meter of water, while the adjacent Saint Mark\u2019s Basilica was flooded for the sixth time in 1,200 years – but the fourth in the last 20.<\/p>\n

\u2018The Basilica is suffering structural damage because the water has risen and so it\u2019s causing irreparable damage,\u2019 said Venice Archbishop Francesco Moraglia, warning that ancient mosaics and tiling might have been badly degraded. I have never seen anything like it. Venice is a wounded city, but it can\u2019t keep on being wounded every year in the same way,\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

More than 80% of Venice was under water when the tide was at its highest and although levels had receded by daybreak further bad weather was expected later in the week, with a series of storms lining up to batter Italy. A flood barrier was designed in 1984 to protect Venice from high tides, but the multi-billion euro project, known as Mose, has been plagued by the sort of problems that have come to characterize major Italian infrastructure programs \u2014 corruption, cost overruns and prolonged delays. \u2018If Mose had been working, then we would have avoided this exceptional high tide,\u2019Brugnaro said.<\/p>\n

Originally expected to start operating in 2011, the city now expects it to be functioning in 2021. While locals started a clean-up operation, some tourists appeared to enjoy the drama, with one man filmed swimming across Saint Mark\u2019s Square wearing only shorts on Tuesday evening. The luxury Gritti Palace hotel, a landmark of Venice which looks onto the Lagoon, was also flooded. The overnight surge triggered several small fires, including one at the International Gallery of Modern Art Ca\u2019 Pesaro, with hundreds of calls to the fire brigade. \u2018With the rise of sea levels, and an increase in the frequency of sea storms, these extreme phenomena will become ever more numerous,\u2019 the head of Italy\u2019s national marine research department. Rosalia Santoleri, told state broadcaster RAI.<\/p>\n

Read more….<\/a><\/p>\n

For more on #IHBCNottingham2019 – \u2018flooding\u2019 see the NewsBlog<\/a>\u00a0and for more 2019 Day School content see IHBC\u2019s YouTube channel<\/a><\/p>\n

See more on the\u00a02019 Day School<\/a><\/p>\n

See more on the 2019\u00a0Day School Speakers<\/a>, and linked CPD resources<\/p>\n

See more School content \u2013 old and new \u2013 and much more, on the IHBC’s YouTube channel<\/a><\/p>\n

See more background on the School on our archived website \u2013 which is still being updated \u2013 at\u00a0nottingham2019.ihbc.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

See more IHBC background and\u00a0guidance on CPD<\/a>\u00a0and how you might use our vast legacy of\u00a0Annual School resources<\/a><\/p>\n

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See the\u00a0formal guidance paper on IHBC CPD<\/a>\u00a0(scheduled for update)<\/p>\n

See more on the\u00a0IHBC Competences and Areas of Competence<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"For next year\u2019s IHBC School, on \u2018Old Towns : New Futures\u2019 \u2013 see Brighton2020.ihbc.org.uk<\/a> where you can sign up for the IHBC\u2019s 2020 School alerts, and you can follow twitter updates at\u00a0#IHBCBrighton2020<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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