Awesome Venice

Venice has defied its watery surroundings for centuries, but the iconic Italian city still stands. Primal Space explains how medieval engineers built a thriving city atop a smattering of marshy islands. Years later, similar ingenuity was used to solve the city’s fresh water and sanitation needs. It’s incredible that so many original wood pylons are still intact.

The canals in Venice, Italy are swarming with boats, especially the floating city’s iconic gondolas. With the help of the computer graphics software Blender and After Effects, Raffo VFX eased congestion on the waterways by moving the skinny boats to the skies above, making Venice look like a scene out of The Fifth Element.