Italy's famous "Shuicheng" Venice intends to increase the height of the city's buildings in order to cope with the rising trend of sea level and prevent the city from sinking.

Italy's "news" 21 reported that the plan is called "Rialto".

The plan is to set up columns with piston effect at the bottom of the building, so that each building will increase by 1 meters.

The plan is estimated to cost about 2500 euros per square metre of construction.

Each building takes about 1 months to complete the "long" process.

Reported that the local government intends to use this plan to replace the previous "Moses" plan.

The Moses plan, which was launched in 2003 and is scheduled to end in 2012, is expected to cost $6 billion. The main purpose is to build 78 mobile barriers at the lagoon entrance.

The problem of sea level rise has been plaguing Venice's "water city".

According to the information provided by Agence France-Presse, Venice has sunk 23 centimeters over the past century.