Mose, the system of mobile dams aimed at defending the city of Venice and its lagoon from the phenomenon of high water, is “resurrecting,” and not sinking as some feared, one of the most typical and beloved islets of the Venice Lagoon, the so-called “Bacàn.”

It is a narrow tongue of land and sand between the island of Sant'Erasmo and the Lido's Bocca di porto, which periodically emerges from the waters as the tides change. The Bacan can only be reached by water, by boat, and in summer it is the destination of Venetians (only they) who know this oasis and can enjoy a free beach where they can sunbathe and collect 'cape lunghe'.

The use of the Mose, which stops tides over 110 centimeters high and changes the course of the intralago currents, had led to fears that the islet might disappear.

In reality, the reduction of higher tides would consolidate the island, making it “almost” permanent. Even plants and vegetation similar to those already quilting the salt marshes, the wild islets at the water's edge in the North Lagoon, would sprout there.