o:32577 ACQUA ALTA AS TOURISTIC AND MEDIA SPECTACLE OF VENICE en ABSTRACT: Venice is a city in northeastern Italy located on a group of 118 small islands separated by canals and connected by bridges. The economic system and the mere existence of Venice have always been based on water. Water meant shelter, safety, nourishment, wealth, military strength and breath-taking views of spectacular sceneries from the bridges of Venice. The canals and lagoon are its main features and they give the city a relaxed and unique atmosphere. On the other hand, the destructive power of water also present the biggest enemy of the city’s infrastructure. This paper discusses a problematic phenomenon named Acqua Alta that has been affecting Venice for centuries and its influence on the creation of scenic space and its perception. The aim of this paper is to analyze Venice as a scene of tourism and media spectacle during the disasters unique to this fascinating world surrounded by water. The problem of the research is the change in the perception of the city at the moment when an event occurs, more precisely the change in the very meaning of the city space when the event is experienced. This creates a hypothesis, that the change of the city space that we witness through our eyes (live or in the media) affects the formation of the scenic character of the city. Keywords: city, spectacle, tourism, Venice, acqua alta. 1552100 978-9940-611-06-4 2024-01-26T17:43:15.022Z 44 no 46 Melisa Alcan Državni univerzitet u Novom Pazaru 0000-0001-9102-8065 Enis Hasanbegović Državni univerzitet u Novom Pazaru person 0000-0003-2886-2713 Lejla Zećirović Državni univerzitet u Novom Pazaru person 0000-0002-4295-2566 Danilo Dragović Državni univerzitet u Novom Pazaru person 0000-0002-0830-9753 application/pdf 3140496 https://phaidrabg.bg.ac.rs/o:32577 no yes 1 70 92000004 20A01 2nd International Conference: „CONFERENCE ON ADVANCES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY“, COAST 2023, PROCEEDINGS COAST 2023, , 31 May - 03 June 2023 HERCEG NOVI, MONTENEGRO 757 764 2023