Campaign For A Living Venice

Campaign for A Living Venice Presents: News of the Past This will be an occasional feature, with tidbits from the annals of La Serenissima and all that it has to teach us today. 1409 – The Venetian Republic, after plagues and wars had caused the population in the city to drop, adopted a law allowing … More Venetian State policies designed to maintain healthy levels of Citizenship: News of the Past

Citizen-pandas, animals on the way to extinction. All it takes is a mask on the face to send out a cry of both alarm and hope. One hundred fifty people did so this afternoon, gathered on the steps of the Church of the Salute after a call went out from the group #Venicemyfuture. The result … More “We will not end up like the Panda” Interviews from the flashmob

Towards the end of the video of the Feb. 17th flashmob, amongst the calls of “Vivo Venezia!” from the panda-garbed crowd, you can hear one person crying “aiutateci!” – “help us!”. I write today to ask all of you who have visited and followed this site, all of you who love and care about Venice, … More Call to Action! PandAmonio: a cry for help we must answer

Even if it were approved today, the law which lengthens the statute of limitations – however all yet to be defined, and stalled in the Senate – would not save the proceeding against the Mose Bribes, already destined to never see completion. “While we absolutely consider passage of the law a priority, in all intellectual … More Time running out on Mose prosecutions: “By summer 2018 it will all be scrapped”