The Laguna del Mort, is situated to the North-East of the Venice lagoon in the municipal area of Jesolo.

Until 5th October 1935, what is today called the Laguna del Mort was just the last stretch of the River Piave before it joined the Adriatic Sea.

On that day, as a result of particularly high water, the Piave broke its banks and changed direction, rushing into the sea around 3 kilometres further South and blocking the access to the old water course with mud and earth.

The last stretch of the Piave therefore had no more freshwater flow and was filled only by the tides. This was the birth of what is today known as the Laguna del Mort.

This area is now the natural habitat of numerous species of seabirds.

The Lagoon area stretches over 125 hectares. It contains sandy dunes and maritime pines that form a habitat for characteristic costal flora and fauna.

The main underwater flora is marine eelgrass and various types of algae. The South-West part of the Lagoon contains swamp reeds (Phragmites australis) and the ex alveolus of the River Piave is home to evergreen shrubs with rigid leaves and small blue or white flowers.

The coastal dune area has an artificial maritime pine forest with juniper and European searocket and marram grass near the sea.

Wildlife includes the indigenous hare, the weasel, the European green toad, the green lizard, the smooth snake, the grass snake, the mallard, la garganey, the widgeon and the pochard.

It is a nesting place for Cetti’s warbler, the Kentish plover and the streaked fantail warbler. It is also sometimes visited by the pern and the purple heron.

In 2003 the strip of land that characterises the Laguna del Mort was declared one of Italy’s 11 most beautiful beaches by the Italian Environmental League.