Ca’ Vendramin Reclamation Museum
Ca’ Vendramin Reclamation Museum site features
Last updated on September 8, 2026Key highlights
The engine hall
The pumps and engines still in place. The reason to come.
The channels
The intake and discharge works outside, which make the whole hydraulic idea legible in about a minute.
The 1951 flood
The museum covers the disaster that broke this system and emptied the Polesine, which is the human half of the story.
The setting
An industrial monument standing alone in an entirely flat, empty landscape below sea level.