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Venice Under Siege - Italy




   March 1996Fires, floods, pollution and depopulation all threaten Venice - Italy today. The picturesque sights of sun glinting on the waves, elegant villas and ornate bridges are rarely associated with oil spills, petrol refineries and other hazards that pollute the lagoon. Neither would tourists expect to see noisy diggers dredging up mud from the canal floor in an attempt to protect buildings from flood damage. More worrying is the possibility that Venice will turn into nothing more than a touristic showpiece. Local families are leaving Venice for an easier life on the mainland. Survivors like the Farinati family live in a city where there are no cars, no supermarkets and very few schools. Mr Farinati, who runs a glass restoration business, has to heave sheets of glass off a boat, along a wood plank and then through a window before he can start work. Tourists in Venice far outnumber the residents. Venetians are an endangered species and their survival depends upon finding a solution to the many problems.Produced by ABC AustraliaDistributed by Journeyman Pictures
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pasqualejessica (June 17, 2009 at 1:02 am)
i love you so much jessica gallina oh please do an oxy right away thank you my love
plaguemann (April 28, 2009 at 7:15 am)
People from Italy and Romania, should know to throw garbage in the trashcans
ellin40 (February 28, 2009 at 11:51 pm)
Gone to the fishes, finally there is justice in this world!
edgarleemasters (February 24, 2009 at 6:00 pm)
Saharra, I must point out that BY NO MEANS I hate Americans. I just happen to note (and many others alike these days) that lately they (dare I say, you?) do not seem to be aware of the fact that there is a world outside their borders (or,as you are used to say, "overseas"), and that such world would better be understood and listened to to ensure everybody a better life, and a good way to start would be (for many Americans, which doesn't include you, I assume) to actually learn where the world is
saharra22469 (February 23, 2009 at 11:08 pm)
OH honey......edgar....you are so judgemental that you have forced me to be the same with you...and condescending. At this point I refuse to assist you any further, or dignify your tunnel vision. I have travelled, still do, all over the world. I am married to a foreigner whose parents come from even another country than his birth country. My family hails from Europe too. You clearly have so much hatred for America and Americans that I can't help but wonder what is really eating you.
edgarleemasters (February 20, 2009 at 7:13 pm)
I see your point, but...it will be like asking the Queen of England to give the Koh-i-Noor back to the Indians or the Iranians the Peacock Trone again to the Indians or the Parisians many art masterpieces that are currently on display at the Louvre...theorically it iwould be fair but practically it is nearly impossible to be done
edgarleemasters (February 20, 2009 at 7:03 pm)
dude you DEFINITELY are an American dumb; otherwise, before posting such a silly answer, you would have taken enough time to read every other comment and would have realzied I wrote something in Italian earlier on...dude (American, right?), wake up! There is a whole world out there, discover it...
tookietookie123 (January 9, 2009 at 7:47 am)
OMG i'm endangered!!!!!!!
saharra22469 (December 15, 2008 at 7:28 am)
Brits are so rediculous and self rightous...paaahleeese...Don't realize when you refer to "like others of your nationality," our nationality, that most of us are descendents from your country. My parents are from your country. I must admit...being raised here gives me an objective view of how Brits think they are supreme to ours and others nationality. LOL It's really hilarious considering all the trysts and beheadings that went on.
saharra22469 (December 15, 2008 at 7:24 am)
So sad... I was in Venice in 1987. So much is changing. It breaks my heart. Venice was/is beautiful, romantic the most unique and wonderful place in all of the world.I hope engineers and politicians can find a way to save it...after all...there is nothing like it in Britain.
pugwash2003 (December 8, 2008 at 10:04 am)
Interesting, but inaccurate sometimes, ie the old population statistics included the islands (Murano etc)&the Lido, the new ones do not, so there is another 20,000 people to add to the city's population.Supermarkets&their trolleys do exist but why overshop when you can buy things within 5 minutes walk? Market produce is certainly fresher, less plastic packaging.Absolutely correct about the housing costs but there is an increase in families remaining as confidence returns.
red46123 (December 6, 2008 at 5:51 am)
Ya, like the British have room to talk mate. Why don't learn from your own history. Thats right, you chaps think you are so much the humanitarians except you have your own dark imperialistic history of destroying entire cultures. You condescending Brit, must Americans don't agree with the war. Check your facts before belligerently insult people.
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