Unfortunately, the square is also the lowest point of the city, so the effects of the flood are always the worst here.
St. Mark's Basilica was especially affected, suffering potentially irreparable structural damage, with the Guardian reporting that “the water had surged into the basilica with a force never seen before, not even in the 1966 flood”.
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