MOSE
Sign in to saveAlso known as MOSE project
right|thumb|Acqua alta [[floods in Piazza San Marco, November, 2004. The increasing frequency of this type of event caused considerable damage and prompted projects such as MOSE.]]
Key facts
- Building.name
- MOSEModulo sperimentale elettromeccanico
- Building.image
- 05 bocca di lido.jpg
- Building.image_caption
- A 2012 aerial photograph of the Lido inlet and the worksites where MOSE was constructed
- Building.location_town
- Venice
- Building.location_country
- Italy
- Building.years_built
- 2003 – 2019
- Building.groundbreaking_date
- May 14, 2003
- Building.completion_date
- Last barrier laid down on January 30, 2019, completion initially set for 2021. Still to be completed as of November 2025.
- Building.inauguration_date
- October 3, 2020
- Building.number_of_units
- 3
via Wikipedia infobox
~31 min read
Encyclopedic overview
21 sectionsContents
- Origin of the name
- Context
- Baby MOSE
- Objectives
- Operating principles
- Chronology
- Construction
- Lagoon inlet construction sites
- Lido inlet
- Malamocco inlet
- Chioggia inlet
- Hinges
- Work progress
- Venice Arsenal
- Specifications
- Projections
- Criticism, corruption, and court cases
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
right|thumb|Acqua alta [[floods in Piazza San Marco, November, 2004. The increasing frequency of this type of event caused considerable damage and prompted projects such as MOSE.]]
MOSE () is a project intended to protect the city of Venice, Italy, and the Venetian Lagoon from flooding.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “MOSE” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (9)
On the map
2 mapped locations