Venice, Italy is a city that sits below sea level and is known for its network of canals that help drain the surrounding land and prevent flooding.
Adriatic Sea
Venice, Italy is situated on the Adriatic Sea
"Europe" is a pretty big place with a wide range of elevations; Venice, Italy, for example, is more or less AT sea level, Mt. Elbrus in Russia is around 18,500 feet ABOVE sea level, and the shore of the Caspian Sea is around 92 feet BELOW sea level.
The Adriatic Sea
Venice is above sea level, built above a shallow body of water. New Orleans was built on dry land made by draining the swamps around a small area of higher ground. New Orleans is almost entirely below sea level. The small islands of Venice Italy were mostly above mean sea level at high tide. As a defense measure, rivers were diverted through the lagoon to keep it free of sediment. To construct the city, foundations were built in the shallow lagoon between the islands. However, Venice is still susceptible to flooding by high tides in the Adriatic Sea.
20-35 feet above sea level on average.That is barely a kilometer. Just 35 feet is 0.01 (1%) of a kilometer.
Vienna is the capital of Austria. Venice is in north-eastern Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
It is in northeast Italy between the Po and Piave Rivers on the Adriatic Sea.
If you mean Venice in Italy, then while there are no scheduled services from Dublin to Venice it is possible to go there by boat. You would travel down past France, Spain and Portugal, through the Straits of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean Sea and then up the Adriatic Sea along the coast of Italy to Venice.
The overall smell in Venice, Italy is a mix of salty sea air, fresh seafood, and hints of ancient buildings and canals.
32 to 104 feet above sea level