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Acqua Alta
October 31: Dorsoduro
The acqua alta of Halloween, 2004 was the worst in 10
years, with water depths reaching 40 cm (16 inches) or more in the Piazza San
Marco by early afternoon.
These pictures were taken in Dorsoduro, where my son and I had
ventured out from the Peter Deilmann river cruise ship Casanova in
mid-morning. When we climbed the wooden bridge leading from the Stazione
Marittima pier to the San Basilio vaporetto stop, we discovered that the
Zattere--the promenade on the historic center's side of the deepwater
Giudecca Canal--was underwater. (Fortunately, the edge of the fondamenta
was lined with a band of white Istrian stone, providing a visual cue for
tourists who might otherwise have stepped off the pavement and into the canal.)
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Durant
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Imboden's
