
Ancient Mysteries
The Miraculous Canals of Venice
TV-G
S3 • E20 Jan 20, 1996 45m"The Miraculous Canals of Venice" looks into why - and how - Venetians built their city on 120 islands in the Adriatic. The city was first settled in the 5th century by people fleeing invading barbarians, and reached the height of its commercial and political prosperity in the 1500s.