Started in the second half of the 1700s, shortly before the Most Serene Republic fell under Napoleon, their construction was perfected in the 19th century by the famous hydraulic engineer Pietro Paleocapa, creator of the dams at the harbor mouths.
On sunny days, they are a destination for walks and sunbathing for many Venetians, along with the sandy dunes of the Alberoni, now a protected oasis on the southern tip, covered with spontaneous vegetation such as reeds, capri lilies, and black rushes, backed by a generous curtain of pines, poplars, and tamarisks.
A small Eden that, little by little, has been repopulated with plovers and sandpipers, larks, bee-eaters, wagtails, and little egrets.
