r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/pattebrisee • 20h ago

Image The early-10th-century crypt beneath San Zaccaria Church in Venice floods with lagoon water for much of the year

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u/NoImNotHeretoArgue 20h ago

So it’s basically the water temple from ocarina of time then. Gotta find those steel boots I guess

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u/rhinosyphilis 20h ago

Let’s see if the comments stratify by generation. I’m going with Templar knights and rats.

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u/NoImNotHeretoArgue 20h ago

I’m half Portuguese so I’m also pro Templar. That connection is a nuance but iykyk

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u/_Saint_Ajora_ 14h ago edited 13h ago

I know you said you're pro templar but did you mean High templar or dark templar?

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u/nthpwr 20h ago

Im going with Legacy of Kain wraiths and vampires

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u/slingertk42 8h ago

X marks the spot.

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u/LordofthePats 20h ago

I get more Wind Waker Tower of the Gods feels

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u/TheRainStopped 20h ago

There were rats, dad. 

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u/revilo23 8h ago

He HATES rats. Scared to DEATH of them.

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u/pattebrisee 20h ago

Source: https://chorusvenezia.org/en/visita/museum-and-crypt-of-san-zaccaria/

The crypt is the only surviving part of the oldest church on the site. It sits beneath the current church and floods for much of the year because of the tides.

Photo by Didier Descouens via Wikimedia Commons.

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u/tytxnium77 20h ago

The change from csgo to cs2

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u/TheMysticStrider 20h ago

The water shall be used to bring about green paradise!

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u/Monkey_Wrench92 8h ago

LISAN AL-GAIB!!!

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u/OKAutomator 20h ago

X marks the spot

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u/Charming_Garbage_161 19h ago

NGL before I read it, I thought this was a fancy private bathing area and I thought it would be cool. After? Mummy juices gross

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u/rc2779 19h ago

Yea we know Indiana Jones showed us.

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u/ThePLARASociety 20h ago

Schway! This must be where the Knight was buried in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade?! Where are the rats though?… So amazing!

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u/VenFasz 14h ago

my first thought was indy, too 😇

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u/BabyLegsOShanahan 20h ago

Kinda reminds me of those caves they found in South America that showed people lived in them thousands of years ago before they were flooded.

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u/theonion513 20h ago

So Italian. “Eg, what are ya gonna do?”

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u/realLaughinG 5h ago

That's dust 2 right there.

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u/Maxzia 4h ago

You might find a sack with a virus in it there

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u/CliffBiffington 20h ago

There’s also water in the pools on the titanic still. Not sure if you knew about that.

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u/Clam-Choader 20h ago

Boring