History
The Venetian Pool was created in 1924 from an old coral rock quarry abandoned in 1921 on 4 acres (16,000 m2). The pool was designed by architect Phineas Paist and completed in the spring of 1924. It got its name from the theme of a Venetian Lagoon in Venice, Italy, complete with a Venetian style bridge and classic mooring posts. The Venetian Pool is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
The Venetian Pool has gone through several phases, in which a large additional island was created to allow Venetian style Gondolas to dock alongside, later removed; a high diving platform was constructed above the grand waterfall and later torn down; and the pool has in the past been drained completely to permit the Miami Symphony to perform in it, taking advantage of the quarry's natural acoustic qualities.
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