Italy's plan to save Venice from sinking - BBC
Venice is at risk of succumbing to its sinking foundations and rising sea levels. To avert disaster, the city is making changes.
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Venice's canals run dry amid low tides and lack of rainfall - NBC News
Feb 24, 2023 · Venice’s famous gondoliers have had to limit their movements in recent weeks after water levels in some of the Italian city’s smaller canals dropped because of unusually low tides.
Venice - BBC News
May 5, 2024 · Venice - BBC News. 24 Oct 2024. Venice to double number of days tourists must pay entry fee. The fee, which only applies to daytrippers, will be in force on weekends and public holidays from...
Venice Is Saved! Woe Is Venice. - The New York Times
Apr 1, 2023 · Water paralyzed Venice, destroying buildings and the already fragile sense of the city as a secure place. Italy was confronted with a terrible question: Could Venice be saved? An Elegant...
Venice ‘on its knees’ after second-worst flood ever recorded
VENICE, Italy (AP) — The worst flooding in Venice in more than 50 years prompted calls Wednesday to better protect the historic city from rising sea levels as officials calculated hundreds of millions of euros in damage.
Venice residents protest as city begins tourist entry charge
Apr 25, 2024 · Venice became the world's first city to introduce a payment system for tourists on Thursday in an effort to thin the crowds that throng its canals, but the fee drew protests from some residents...
Venice launches world first tourist entrance fee in bid to fight ...
Apr 25, 2024 · VENICE, Italy — Ancient and beautiful, this city is sometimes referred to as an open air museum — and now visitors to Venice will have to pay an entry fee after the tourist hub on Thursday...
Bus crash across lagoon from Venice’s historic center ... - NBC News
Oct 3, 2023 · A bus crashed near the Italian city of Venice after falling from an elevated street, killing at least 20 people and injuring others Tuesday, authorities said.
Venice kept dry as dam system wards off exceptional high tide
VENICE, Italy, Nov 22 (Reuters) - A dam system built to protect Venice and its famous Piazza San Marco from flooding withstood the challenge of an exceptionally high tide on Tuesday as heavy...