Origin of The Name
Before the acronym was used to describe the entire flood protection system, it indicated the 1:1 scale prototype of a gate tested between 1988 and 1992 at the Lido di Venezia inlet. The name MOSE is also a play on the Italian name for Moses, Mosè (who divided the waters of the Red Sea).
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