UNESCO recommends putting Venice on its heritage danger list

UNESCO has recommended that Venice, one of the most popular and fragile tourist destinations in Italy, be added to its heritage danger list.

UNESCO has recommended that one of the most popular and fragile tourist destinations in Italy be added to its heritage danger list.

Venice is one of 1,157 places currently designated a World Heritage Site, which have “outstanding universal value” because of their cultural or natural offerings. The draft resolution argues that there has not been a “significant level of progress in addressing the persistent and complex issues related in particular to mass tourism, development projects and climate change.”

Back in February of this year, the city was in the grips of a drought so bad that it was impossible for gondolas, water taxis and ambulances to pass through some canals. In November 2019, flooding was so bad that historical treasures and buildings were endangered.

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