Venice is not in danger. Unesco has not placed it on the List of Sites at Risk

“The World Heritage Committee meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for its 45th session has decided not to inscribe the site ’Venice and its Lagoon’ on the UNESCO List of World Heritage in Danger,” said Culture Minister Gennaro Sangiuliano. " The teamwork carried out in recent months by the Ministry of Culture together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the Veneto Region, the City of Venice and the institutions that locally make up the site’s Steering Committee, has stopped an undue maneuver that is purely political and lacks anchoring on objective data," he added.

“Venice, therefore, is not in danger. In recent months, the City Council has taken bold steps to manage tourism and ensure the protection of the city’s extraordinary cultural heritage. The Ministry of Culture is at its side and we will continue together the complex path of safeguarding and enhancing a symbol of Italy that is a World Heritage Site. In the Committee’s discussion, the government highlighted the significant progress made in recent years to safeguard the site from the threat of climate change and the challenges posed by mass tourism,” the minister continued. “The Committee positively assessed the impact of measures taken to protect the city’s heritage from the high water phenomenon, see the MOSE system and barriers at St. Mark’s Basilica, and to manage tourist inflows. In particular, the importance of the recent approval on September 12 of the Regulations for the establishment and regulation of the Access Contribution to the City of Venice was recognized.”

“The UNESCO body noted that the site faces important challenges related to the complexity of its ecosystem,” Sangiuliano concluded. “It therefore asked Italy to continue with determination in its action to protect the site and encouraged it to invite UNESCO and its technical bodies to carry out a fact-finding mission to Venice, which may be useful to get an updated picture of the conservation status of the site and the strategy implemented by the national and local government to ensure its best protection.”

Meanwhile, more than four thousand Venetian citizens are appealing to UNESCO and its director Audrey Azoulay and have written a letter asking the U.N. culture organization to list Venice as an endangered World Heritage Site.

Venice is not in danger. Unesco has not placed it on the List of Sites at Risk

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