ROME – Declaring Venice s waterways a “national monument,” Italy is banning mammoth cruise liners from sailing into the lagoon city, which risked being declared an imperiled world heritage site by the United Nations within days.
Culture Minister Dario Franceschini said the ban was urgently adopted at a Cabinet meeting Tuesday and will take effect Aug. 1. It applies to the lagoon basin near St. Mark’s Square and the Giudecca Canal, which is a major marine artery in Venice.
Franceschini said the government decided to act fast “to avoid the concrete risk” that the U.N. culture agency UNESCO would add Venice to its list of “world heritage in danger” after it meets later this week in Beijing.
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Italy to ban large cruise ships from Venice s waterways
At least four temporary docking sites will be built nearby on the northwestern Adriatic Sea, as Italy looks to avoid having Venice classified as an endangered world heritage site by UNESCO.
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MSC Orchestra passes the Giudecca Canal in Venice, Italy, on June 3, the first large cruise liner to travel the canal since the COVID-19 pandemic began. (JC Viens/The Associated Press)
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