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Venice Under Siege - Italy

March 1996 Fires, floods, pollution and depopulation all threaten Venice - Italy today. The picturesque sights of sun glinting on the waves, elegant villas and ornate bridges are rarely associated with oil spills, petrol refineries and other hazards that pollute the lagoon. Neither would tourists expect to see noisy diggers dredging up mud from the canal floor in an attempt to protect buildings from flood damage. More worrying is the possibility that Venice will turn into nothing more than a touristic showpiece. Local families are leaving Venice for an easier life on the mainland. Survivors like the Farinati family live in a city where there are no cars, no supermarkets and very few schools. Mr Farinati, who runs a glass restoration business, has to heave sheets of glass off a boat, along a wood plank and then through a window before he can start work. Tourists in Venice far outnumber the residents. Venetians are an endangered species and their survival depends upon finding a solution to the many problems.

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Uploaded: October 17, 2007 at 2:17 am
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saharra22469 (Sunday 14th of December 2008 11:24:49 PM)

So sad... I was in Venice in 1987. So much is changing. It breaks my heart. Venice was/is beautiful, romantic the most unique and wonderful place in all of the world. I hope engineers and politicians can find a way to save it...after all...there is nothing like it in Britain.

pugwash2003 (Monday 8th of December 2008 02:04:48 AM)

Interesting, but inaccurate sometimes, ie the old population statistics included the islands (Murano etc) & the Lido, the new ones do not, so there is another 20,000 people to add to the city's population. Supermarkets & their trolleys do exist but why overshop when you can buy things within 5 minutes walk? Market produce is certainly fresher, less plastic packaging. Absolutely correct about the housing costs but there is an increase in families remaining as confidence returns.

ellin40 (Monday 1st of December 2008 04:33:22 PM)

Venice is a beautiful city but bears a heavy conscience. Most of the wonders that millions of tourists snap photos of every year, were stolen during Venice's thalassocracy in the M. Ages (one good example are the bronze horses at St. mark's, originally stolen from Constantinople). Please return them before the city sinks

YourFriendInItaly (Sunday 16th of November 2008 02:34:56 PM)

Very good report about what's going on in Venice. Makes you appreciate it more. It's a wonderful and timeless city...a must see!

edgarleemasters (Thursday 9th of October 2008 03:31:01 AM)

dude, you know what? get yourself a good world map and STUDY IT CAREFULLY!!!Then maybe you'll learn something, maybe something like Venice is 1000 to 1300 years older than New Orleans and that despite yearly flooding it doesn't get hit by hurricanes. Please learn geography, otherwise, like others of your nationality, you may end up bombing place you cannot even identify on a map... no hard feelings, by the way!=)cheers

red46123 (Friday 5th of December 2008 09:51:25 PM)

Ya, like the British have room to talk mate. Why don't learn from your own history. Thats right, you chaps think you are so much the humanitarians except you have your own dark imperialistic history of destroying entire cultures. You condescending Brit, must Americans don't agree with the war. Check your facts before belligerently insult people.

saharra22469 (Sunday 14th of December 2008 11:28:45 PM)

Brits are so rediculous and self rightous... paaahleeese...Don't realize when you refer to "like others of your nationality," our nationality, that most of us are descendents from your country. My parents are from your country. I must admit...being raised here gives me an objective view of how Brits think they are supreme to ours and others nationality. LOL It's really hilarious considering all the trysts and beheadings that went on.

edgarleemasters (Sunday 5th of October 2008 01:46:57 AM)

beisimo!!! "paga dopo la mamma".....all hail the fahrinathi family!

zangra (Saturday 4th of October 2008 04:46:06 PM)

gnanca mi no go capio perché la giuliana da san giacomo fa el ponte de rialto per andar al mercà e po' la se lagna che xe ogni giorno da far fadiga...

Creissels (Thursday 28th of August 2008 09:56:39 AM)

Excellent report. Thank you. I have just read Paolo Barbaro's book Venice Revealed which deals with these issues. It's such a beautiful city whose fate is bound up with its own destroyer across the lagoon.

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