The MOSE Project is an abbreviated form of Modulo Sperimentale Elettromeccanico that results into the meaning in English as English, Experimental Electromechanical Module. The Primary objective of the project MOSE is to protect the city of Venice from floods. The entire MOSE project is a summed up system of rows of mobile gates that can isolate the Venetian Lagoon from the Adriatic Sea while the tide reaches above a formed level of 110 cm and to the maximum of 3 meters.

These barriers are made to protect the city along with other balancing measures like the coastal reinforcement, the raising of quaysides and improving the lagoon environment. These barriers are also apart from tide are made to protect the city from floods and other morphological degradation. Work is under progress since 2003 at the three different lagoon inlets of Lido, Malamocco and Chioggia, the gaps there connects the logoon with the sea by the mediums of the edd and flows. Other than the problem of sea tides the aim of the MOSE project as well is to get a detrimental solution to the problem of high waters that has made suffering into Venice and into other town and village in the lagoon since the old times, winter and spring. Comparatively, the tide into the lagoon basin is far less and lower than the other areas of the world, where it can even reach upto the level of as much high as 20 meters, however, these factors also becomes of very grave and utmost importance when are attached with atmospheric and meteorological factors as pressure and the action of the bora or Sirocco that further forces the waves into the gulf of Venice. The System there also becomes worse by the infusion of the rain and freshwater flowing into the lagoon from the drainage basin at 36 inflow points showing in small rivers and canals.

MOSE is not the only system to protect the Venice from sea waters instead it is the part of a general Plan of Interventions to Safeguard Venice and the lagoon as formed in 1987 by the Ministry of Infrastructure by the mean of the Venice Water Authority. Other than the MOSE, the Venice Water Authority and the Venice Local Authority are raising quaysides and paving in the city to create built up areas in the lagoon from medium high tides below 110 cm. MOSE is a made up of system of withdrawing oscillating buoyancy flap gates accordingly on the lines of in 1982 by vote no. 209 of the Higher Council of Public Works stating that, “Barriers must not modify water exchange between the sea and the lagoon to avoid damaging lagoon morphology and water quality, must not obstruct navigation, thus interfering with port activities and fishing, and must not alter the landscape.”

Andrea Palladio was a very popular and renowned Italian architect whose works are primarily based on Renaissance themes and he himself lived in renaissance and therefore learned from the experiences of the Renaissance age. He experimented and worked in the Republic of Venice. Palladio had the influence of Roman and Greek architecture especially by Vitruvius. He for his achievements is considered as a most impressive person from the Western architecture. Most of his works in form of architectural buildings are located at in the northern Italy. The city of Vicenza and the Palladian as designed and themed by him are recognized as the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

He was born as Andrea di Pietro della Gondola in Padua. He was a son of a miller; he did his first internship as a stone cutter in the sculpture workshop of Bartolomeo Cavazza da Sossano, under the difficult and rough working conditions. In 1524, revolting harsh working conditions, he ran away to Vicenza and there became an assistant in the Pedemuro studio that was the prominent workshop of stonecutters and masons. He was for the first time recognized for his works in early thirties by Count Gian Giorgia Trissino who was quite an influential humanist and writer. In his capacity of a leading intellectual in Vicenza the Count inspired the young Andrea to praise arts, sciences and the Classical literature and provided him opportunity to learn Antique architecture in Rome. The Trissino also gave him the pseudonym, Palladio, an allusion to the Greek goddess of wisdom Pallas Athene and to a character of a play of Trissino itself.

After the death of count in 1550 Palladio was benefited largely from the patronage of the Barbaro brothers, Cardinal Daniele Barbaro. The Cardinal further motivated him for the learning of the classical studies and brought him to Rome in 1554. The influential Barbaros introduced Palladio to Venice, where, ultimately he became “Proto della Serenissima”, the chief architect of the Republic of Venice.

In his works, his Palladian style as named after him as close to the classical Roman principles, he rediscovered, applied and further explained in his works.  His architectural works is known and recognized for centuries as an essence of the quintessence of High Renaissance calm and harmony. He was the designer of many palaces, villas and churches; however, his reputation largely lies on the basis of his skill of designing Villas. The palladian villas, designed by him are prominently situated at in the province of Vicenza, while the palazzi are concentrated in the city of Vicenza and the churches in Venice. A good number of his works kept as a World Heritage Site City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto. His other famous works can be found at its Lagoon World Heritage Site.

The Venetian School is known for the spacious, resonant interior that is inspiration for the Venetian School. In the music history, the Venetian School is the term that is known for composers or the group of composers who used to exist there in between from about 1550 to till 1610. The Venetian polychoral compositions of about 16th century were the best and the very famous events and activities in Europe, and they had the enormous influence over the music trend and activities in other countries as well.  The innovations as produced by the Venetian school, along with the contemporary development of monody and opera in Florence, while coming together moves towards the end of the     musical Renaissance and having the start of the musical Baroque.

There are many factors that contribute for the creation of the Venetian School. Among the many, the first one that is known for is political: after the death of Pope Leo X in 1521, and the sack of Rome in 1527, the musical dominance of Rome that had much influence over Europeans culture started dwindling down. Among many musicians some moved elsewhere or decided to part away from Rome and them found Venice as a spot conducive as well as nurturing for the creativity.

Another major reason that has been sighted for the growth of Venetian music is the existence of the magnificent Basilica San Marco di Venezia that has very unique interiors facing the opposite choir lofts. Due to the much magnificent architecture of this Basilica, it became very necessary to hone music style accommodating sound-delay to advantage, rather than fought against it within the architecture of the Basilica. Therefore, the Venetian polychoral style was developed.  The first composer to exploit this effect was Adrian Willaert, who further on raised himself to the level of maestro di cappella of St. Mark’s in 1527, and holds the position until his death in 1562.

Another reason that led to the rich period of musical creativity was printing. About in   early 16th century Venice was quite prosperous and stable, and was developed as an important center of music publishing. Composers from different parts of the Europe arrived there for being benefited from the new technology. Composers from northern Europe—especially Flanders and France—had the reputation of the skilled composers in Europe, and many of them yet arrived to Venice.  The best time for the development of the Venetian School was in the 1580s, when Andrea and Giovanni Gabrieli formed a good number of music even for the multiple choirs, groups of brass and string instruments, and organ.