SQ150209 The Procuratie Vecchie in high water (photo) by Italian School, (16th century); Piazza San Marco, Venice, Italy; (add.info.: acqua alta; Built in the twelfth century to house the offices and apartments of the procurators of San Marco; Rebuilt after a fire in the c16th after a design by Codussi; north side of the square; the flooding caused by exceptional tide peaks; which reach their maximum in the Venetian Lagoon; ); 穢 Sarah Quill; Italian, out of copyright.