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The other week, water rose over the cafe chairs in Venice’s Piazza San Marco. Even doughty German tourists had to flee. Until the tide receded four hours later, more than half the city was underwater. Venice is drowning in a sea of blather, sludge, big boats. Thank sodden bureaucrats, special-interest groups and politicians for doing little to save this wondrous town ...

Each year since 2003, the World Monuments Fund Paul Mellon Lecture has been presented in New York and London by leading scholars or specialists in the field of historic preservation. For the 2013 Paul Mellon Lecture, Anna Somers Cocks considers the future of Venice. Will it be inhabitable in 2100, and what can be done to ensure its future?

CHARLESTON, S.C. — In this Southern coastal city that runs on history and hospitality, a raucous civic debate belies a genteel veneer. Like several communities that hug the nation’s coastline, Charleston is struggling to balance the economic benefits of cruise ships against their cultural and environmental impact. Last week’s debacle aboard Carnival Cruise Lines’ Triumph, in which an engine fire stranded 4,200 ...

In questo intervento, redatto in occasione del simposio di Charleston, il Comitato sintetizza la complicata situazione veneziana, i grandi danni che le navi "oversized" arrecano ad uno dei tessuto urbani più fragili al mondo. La lettera ed i video di presentazione sono in lingua inglese.

A year on from the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster, the luxury liners that ply the waters just in front of St Mark’s Square in Venice are stirring unease in the world-famous lagoon. The debate pits conservationists who are up in arms about the environmental damage caused by the giant ships against supporters who say they bring the city much-needed ...

THE VENICE SYNDROME Andreas Pichlers new film on the last Venicians.