How is the wood Venice is built on not decomposing over time?

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(Not sure about the flair.. sorry)
Wooden beams in earth (like with fences) rot over the years and break.
I was under the impression that this was because of water.
Shouldn’t Venice “sink” because of rotten beams?

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as others said you need oxygen in order for it to attract organisms that can break down wood; There used to be a show called swamp loggers, where they would try to fish ancient (like 10000yr old) logs out of swamps. Then turn them into things like counter tops and different things.

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