Venice: amphibious and plural, special

The world's most famous image of Venice is, of course, that of a city of art built on water . But there's also another, which sees it as divided in two, one part watery and the other dry land: the conurbation that extends from the shores of the lagoon into the Veneto plain, between Padua and Treviso, centered on the district of Mestre (part of the municipality of Venice but, in reality, a city of approximately 150,000 inhabitants, more than Treviso and Belluno combined) and the immense offshoot of Porto Marghera (over two thousand hectares in size—larger than the entire historic city—over a thousand businesses, over 15,000 workers, one of Italy's largest ports and already one of Europe's most important industrial zones, now undergoing profound and non-linear transformations).

In the September issue of VITA, starting from unpublished research by Iuav University, we reconstructed the social short circuit of the most beautiful city in the world. The third chapter contains ten ideas for the future of Venice. Among the contributions is one by Gianfranco Bettin, who will be speaking on Wednesday, September 24th at 6:30 pm at the Bocciofila San Sebastiano in the Dorsoduro district of Venice at the magazine launch. If you have a subscription, read Venezia, no longer Serenissima and thank you for your support now. If you would like to subscribe, you can do so at this link .