Drones and digital twins could help save Venice’s architectural treasures | CNN

A survey of the Church of San Francesco della Vigna, Venice, used high-tech methods to capture the church’s architecture in three dimensions. Email Link Copied!

With its canals, bridges and historic buildings, Venice has an extraordinary architectural legacy. But preserving many of its most treasured monuments presents a growing challenge.

In recent years, floods have damaged historic structures across the city, including the iconic St. Mark’s Basilica and other UNESCO World Heritage sites.