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> no one in Venice is talking about raising the city

I see a lot of results: https://www.google.it/search?q=sollevare+venezia

People have been talking about this for decades, but it doesn't seem to be very popular now, especially since MOSE appears to be working at the moment.

There's even reportage by Le Iene https://www.iene.mediaset.it/2019/news/mose-alziamo-venezia-...