VENICE: The City the Sea Is Slowly Taking Back | 4K Travel Documentary

Venice is a city of improbable existence, built on wooden piles in a salt lagoon. Once a dominant maritime empire and trade hub, it now faces an existential crisis. Rising sea levels, sinking foundations, and a dwindling population threaten to turn this architectural marvel into a beautiful ruin, marking a thousand-year struggle between human ambition and the power of the sea.