Saving Venice from sinking, the race against time is on for La Serenissima

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A few months apart, Venice has lived through two dramas that have brought it to its knees. On November 12, 2019, a phenomenon of Aqua Alta of a historical level strikes the city of Doges, causing terrible damages to its secular heritage. A few months later, in the spring of 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic pushes the authorities to close the city, causing a sudden and lasting halt to mass tourism, on which the city had become economically dependent.
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Chapters
▷ 0:00 - Introduction
▷ 02:22 - The Golden Basilica submerged under water after a powerful Sirocco in November 2019
▷ 05:09 - Art restorers fight to save this historical heritage
▷ 08:19 - Venetian heritage, the Café Florian, also threatened by flooding
▷ 16:30 - Urgent need to find solutions to keep the city from sinking
▷ 19:51 - How Venice and its palaces have been built over the course of history
▷ 23:17 - Rebuilding the islet to protect the city's land from erosion
▷ 26:45 - Another big issue: mass tourism
▷ 32:32 - Venice needs to rethink its economic policy: Locavore economy
▷ 37:50 - Local craftsmen fear for their future in the face of globalization
▷ 46:30 - The goldola-making, a Venitian tradition
▷ 50:59 - Credits
#venice #climatechange #masstourism #italy #flood #travel #science
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The sea level continues to rise due to global warming, the city is sinking. After these two major traumas, the Venetians are questioning the future of their city and are mobilized more than ever to save their jewel from rising waters, but also to invent a new form of tourism, less invasive and more sustainable. They are restorers, craftsmen, fishermen, heritage managers, or tourism professionals, and are fighting to invent the new future of the city of the Doges. Since its foundation 1600 years ago, the Serenissima has always been resilient and wishes to make from these events a chance to be reborn stronger.
Original title: What future for Venice?
Directed by Nadia Cleitman & Jacques Plaisant
© 2020, Licenced by GAD
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@brob7097 12 күн бұрын

Chad , you are 💯 correct I live in South Africa 🇿🇦 and my wife 🇵🇭moved here from Hong Kong We have a 26 age age gap and we both don’t honestly feel or see the Gap Respect , honesty compatibility ,sense of humour and respect and take responsibility for your partner 👥

@aivaraslabokas7172 20 күн бұрын

Been there 2023. The guides were unable to explain, why you should build just inches above the water line. And yes, 6€ for a glass of Coke.

@jeannedouglas9912 20 күн бұрын

It's called a museum. The venetian population cannot afford to live there either. They live in the tenement buildings surrounding Venice. Not so sure just how truly helpful tourism is, anywhere. Every nation should be self sufficient and get along, no doubt. The water was sky blue when I was there but I was told I'd be arrested if I dove into any canal and swam. :(

@siegridthomas9674 14 күн бұрын

There is not enough money to save this city...and people are talking about saving it forever....

@jkardez4794 Күн бұрын

@@jeannedouglas9912The banana you're eating came from thousands of miles away - it's called global trade. Fortunes have been made from time immemorial. No country can afford to be self sufficient.

@LisaAnderson-fe3uj 3 күн бұрын

You’re paying for the expirée ce at Cafe Florian. The waiters are in tuxedos. The service is wonderful and the building is beautiful. You’re not rushed. You can sit outside in one of the most beautiful squares in Europe and gaze at the basilica and bell tower and contemplate the history that surrounds you while sipping your tea or coffee.

@jkardez4794 Күн бұрын

Glad to know that you don't belong to the 90% category of humanity who can't afford to contemplate life in ghettos like Venice - they are wondering how to squeeze the last penny out of roadside foodstalls and bazaars .

@koros8 18 күн бұрын

Venice is the most magnificent city on the planet. There are none like it and the entire world should participate in saving this treasure. I wish they also covered the dangers of millions of inconsiderate tourists that do damage to this city.

@unique540 2 күн бұрын

The most?? 😂

@harperwelch5147 19 күн бұрын

I’ve eaten at the Florian! The mirrored walls are fabulous!

@bikashlama6348 15 күн бұрын

One of my favourite place in the world. Venice 🏙 city.....watching from Kathmandu nepal. 🇳🇵🙏🙏🙏🇳🇵

@maryannbannister5829 12 күн бұрын

This was invitable - the original builders assumed thar nature did not matter and built the city on a very important flood plain. They chopped down a forest to put loads of slilts to build the city on and forgot about where the water would go. Now present day people have to bear the cost of maintainance - time to let the whole city go back to the sea. a real pity but nature will have its way

@jkardez4794 Күн бұрын

There's always a price to pay when you mess around with nature .

@winglo1697 16 күн бұрын

Venice has been sinking since day one it was built; today .... still millions of visitors going to see the water level.

@harmonmike497 19 күн бұрын

What a delightful video

@jans8449 8 күн бұрын

What happened to the Venice in Peril appeal years ago (70s?) a group called Rondo Veniziana made an album of fabulous music?

@jarabaa 23 сағат бұрын

So ... this was made in 2020. Now a whole 4 years ago. Has there been any improvement since then? Or maybe instead a worsening of the situation?

@maryannbannister5829 12 күн бұрын

Time to spend the time and money on relocating to a safer piece of land - quickly.

@sylviabendavid 6 күн бұрын

Thanks

@unique540 2 күн бұрын

Not sure why they call it sinking city.. we were there when it rained so much, sure floods everywhere during pouring rain but then the next day the sun came out and it was all dry and the water was way below the normal level.. you could literally see the moss of the building

@jkardez4794 Күн бұрын

The tides call the shots - on certain bright sunny dry days you'll find the city inundated with more than a feet of water. The city has been sinking for a long time from the days it was built using timber buried deep into the sediment . The basic premise of its construction has condemned it to its obsolescence .

@harperwelch5147 19 күн бұрын

This is older than they’re saying.

@AestheticsbyPatricia Күн бұрын

Was there last year. Pretty yes, totally overcrowded with tourists. Shoulder to shoulder and in the evening got eaten alive by mosquitoes 😅. Once is enough.😊

@gloriapalmer6629 Күн бұрын

Might help if they outlaw motorized boats . Look at the wake they create. Needs to be gondolas only until they find a better way to protect structures.