Sentence examples for of this lagoon from inspiring English sources

VENICE — Save for the 10 days a year when it is bathed in the spotlight of the Venice International Film Festival, the Lido of this lagoon city is distinctly overshadowed by the fragile grandeur of its historic center.

MURANO, Italy — The quasi-monastic quiet of this lagoon island a short vaporetto ride from Venice has been broken intermittently in recent months by ear-splitting saws and the low grumble of heavy machinery.

Results suggest the continued monitoring of this lagoon system.

The two major fish landing centres at Pulicat and Arambakkam that contribute significantly to the socioeconomics of the region are located on the western shores of this lagoon, which is vulnerable to sudden salinity shifts.

And then, lying like a raw sore on the edge of this lagoon, I saw a red Angry Birds notebook.

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The opposition and ruling parties exchanged accusations of intimidation as gangs of youths loyal to the parties gathered outside polling stations along the boulevards of this lagoon-side city.

The more adventurous can hike the rim of this volcanic lagoon.

When he first saw the encampment after stumbling on the island in 2002, Mr. Miners was horrified by the spectacle of this beautiful lagoon littered with half-dead and rotting carcasses of finless sharks.

I can't have looked convinced because he quickly edged the boat away from the bank, and soon we were threading our way through the streams and inlets that weave an unknowable pattern through the embalsados - hundreds of floating islands which bump and skitter across the surface of this vast lagoon system, in a kind of slow-motion game of dodgems.

News of his capture crackled across this lagoon city, which has been transformed into a looted wasteland by the 65-year-old's refusal to cede power.