A middle-aged couple waltzes on Venice’s Piazza San Marco in the evening with their legs submerged in water, while a group of kids can’t stop laughing as they splash water at each other – this may sound like the opening scene from a movie directed by Oscar laureate Paolo Sorrentino. However, it’s quite real.
A couple dances in a flooded St. Mark's Square during an exceptional high water in Venice, Italy August 8, 2021
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People walk in a flooded St. Mark's Square during an exceptional high water in Venice, Italy August 8, 2021
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The iconic square was flooded on 8 August with reports saying that water had reached three feet.
Despite the apparent inconvenience, tourists were in no hurry to leave and enjoyed their time taking photos and sitting at cafes or simply walking through the submerged square.
People sit at a cafe in a flooded St. Mark's Square during an exceptional high water in Venice, Italy August 8, 2021
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A woman walks in a flooded St. Mark's Square during an exceptional high water in Venice, Italy August 8, 2021. Picture taken August 8, 2021.
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