Why Venice Has Been Drowning For 600 Years

Added: 2026-05-05

[00:00:00]Venice has been sinking for over 600 years and it's not stopping.

[00:00:05]>> [music] >> The entire city was built on millions of wooden pilings driven into a lagoon and those pilings have been slowly compressing into the mud ever since. But here's what nobody's talking about.

[00:00:17]Venice is also sinking because Italy itself is tilting east as the African tectonic plate pushes against Europe.

[00:00:24]The sea isn't just rising, the land is falling and drifting at the same time.

[00:00:30]The most beautiful city in the world is being destroyed by geology no one can stop. Follow along to see which city falls next.