Ruin including the iconic st marks basilica officials have declared a state of emergency residents and tourists are shocked at the stale of the damage the 1200 year old city has reached its breaking point and to make matters worse the disaster in italy could have been prevented a decades old project to build a flood barrier has failed to materialize its over budget overdue and plagued by allegations of corruption residents have long complained that venice is being exploited for profit mass tourism has left a mark on the fragile city with 30000000. 00 tourists coming every year well the mayor has blamed the flooding on Climate Change but architect Cristiana Gus breteau says the disaster is manmade he fears that it may soon be too late to stop venice from going under. 83 year old the nation christiana has experienced numerous floods in his lifetime. But the kind of prolonged flood his hometown is currently enduring is a whole different league. Together with other locals christiana has st
Brink of ruin including the iconic st marks basilica officials have declared a state of emergency residents and tourists are shocked at the stale of the damage. The 1200 year old city has reached its breaking point and to make matters worse the disaster in italy could have been prevented a decades old project to build a flood barrier has failed to materialize its over budget overdue and plagued by allegations of corruption residents have long complained that venice is being exploited for profit tourism has left a mark on the fragile city with 30000000. 00 tourists coming every year well the mayor has blamed the flooding on Climate Change but architect Cristiana Gus breteau says the disaster is manmade he fears that it may soon be too late to stop venice from going under. 83 year old the nation christiana gaspar eto has experienced numerous floods in his lifetime. But the kind of prolonged flood his hometown is currently enduring is a whole different league. Together with other locals c