Without its water, Venice does not look its best...
1956: one of the Venetian canals being cleared.
Yes, many of Venice's canals are not deep at all, a metre and a half to two at most; the deepest canal reaches 10 metres, and the deepest part of the entire lagoon is about 50 metres.
In the finale of the Strugatskys' Roadside Picnic, the Golden Ball is told: "Happiness for everybody, free, and let nobody go away unsatisfied!" I do not promise to offend nobody, but the digest really does come free of charge. So, here is the main business of the
Frederic Leighton. “Daedalus and Icarus”, 1869 Daedalus warns his son not to climb too high: the heat of the sun may melt the wax, but Icarus is already gazing into the distance, and the lamentations of a foolish old man interest him not in the least
