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In 1902, Venice lost its most famous tower in seconds.
This film explains the quiet physics mistake behind that collapse.

In 1902, St. Mark’s Campanile in Venice collapsed without an earthquake, fire, or explosion. The failure came from geometry, not drama. This documentary explains why building tall and thin creates a structural lever, how wind and vibration become horizontal loads, and why the tower’s proportions made it vulnerable long before it fell.

You will understand the slenderness ratio, why early engineers succeeded with wide masonry but struggled with narrow towers, and how the lack of horizontal rigidity sealed the fate of the Campanile. The story then moves forward to the Chicago school of engineering, where Fazlur Khan’s braced tube systems finally solved the tall-and-thin problem, shaping modern skyscrapers.

Venice’s collapse was not a fluke. It was a lesson that still governs structural design today.

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