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"Se le navi fossero edifici non potrebbero stare in nessun posto in prossimità di Venezia [...] ma poiché si muovono, nessuno sembra riuscire a fermarle".

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This week, battle lines were drawn in Italy’s maritime city, pitting residents who support the cruise-ship industry for its economic benefits against those who would like to seal off the lagoon for fear that the giant vessels are destroying its fragile ecosystem. But the conflict is about far more than just the ships. It is emblematic of a much larger ...

A dramatic increase in the number of giant cruise ships steaming into Venice is bringing a vulgar touch of Las Vegas to a city known for more than a thousand years as La Serenissima, residents have warned. There has been a 440 per cent rise in the number of cruise liners docking in the Venetian lagoon in the last 15 ...

Pro-tourism demonstrators plan rally but locals protest against vessels clogging up canals amid fears of damage and pollution A row in Venice over the cruise liners that clog the city’s canals has intensified, with supporters planning a rally to defend tourism and opponents saying the ships are turning the area into Disneyland. Two cruise ships a day currently sail down ...

Venice’s historic buildings and canals are riven with so many cracks and holes that the city is beginning to resemble a giant piece of Swiss cheese, gondoliers have said. Canal banks are crumbling because of a lack of maintenance and cracks are appearing in centuries-old palaces along the Grand Canal, the boat operators claim. “You only have to take a ...