ANDREA PATTARO/ AFP
A UNESCO committee has determined to not add Venice to the organisation’s World Heritage List in Danger, disregarding a suggestion from specialists and sparing the Italian authorities from an embarrassing verdict on town’s situation.
“The World Heritage Committee … has made the decision not to inscribe Venice and its Lagoon on the World Heritage List in Danger,” UNESCO, the UN cultural company, mentioned in an announcement because the committee met in Riyadh.
Italian Culture Minister Gennaro Sangiuliano mentioned including Venice to the listing would have been an “undue move” not based mostly on goal information. “Venice, therefore, is not in danger,” he mentioned in an announcement.
Venice, identified for its canals and cultural websites, has lengthy been threatened by floods and mass tourism.
Sangiuliano mentioned UNESCO had positively assessed Italian makes an attempt to deal with these points through the MOSE anti-flooding system and by the latest approval of an entry price for vacationers, kicking in subsequent 12 months.
However, UNESCO mentioned extra work was wanted to guard the delicate lagoon metropolis.
“The Committee reiterated its concerns regarding the important issues that remain to be addressed for the proper conservation of the site, including those linked to mass tourism, development projects and climate change,” it mentioned.
