AN Italian Government environmental
committee is currently reviewing a bill which
would give the Venetian City Council power
over the city’s surrounding waters, a move
which could spell the end to larger ships
stopping at the iconic city.
The bill follows a recommendation by
UNESCO which called on Italian authorities to
ban large ships from entering the San Marco
basin and Giudeccia canal due to the
environmental damage that they cause.
"The wash churned up by the ships is
hollowing out the seabed and gradually
turning the lagoon into ...
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