Category: UNESCO

UNESCO keeps Venice off Endangered List (for now) but calls for urgent action on overtourism

July 11, 2025

The inspectors have delivered their report, but a final decision has been postponed until February 2026. Access fees and rental regulations met with approval, but UNESCO notes a “lack of significant progress in tourism management” By Alberto Vitucci June 10, 2025 Postponed until February. UNESCO appreciates the efforts that have been made by the government … More UNESCO keeps Venice off Endangered List (for now) but calls for urgent action on overtourism

Venice Under Scrutiny by UNESCO Again

November 3, 2024

The Commission returns for another inspection, and a 300-page dossier is delivered by the Municipality. Associations and committees invoke the “blacklist” to make the world understand the state of degradation and fragility of the city by Vera Mantengoli November 1, 2024 The Commission returns for another inspection, and a 300-page dossier is delivered by the … More Venice Under Scrutiny by UNESCO Again

Venice: Excavation of the Vittorio Emanuele Canal Inserted in New UNESCO Management Plan

December 16, 2023

The entry fee is also included in the document, which is scheduled to be approved in January. Italia Nostra and the opposition have written to the Municipality to ask that the discussion be made public and that there be more involvement from the citizens, but have received no response By P. Baron December 14, 2023 … More Venice: Excavation of the Vittorio Emanuele Canal Inserted in New UNESCO Management Plan

UNESCO’s World Heritage System is Dysfunctional

September 29, 2023

“The common heritage of humanity is being brought to ruin before everyone’s eyes” – Stephan Doempke, Chair of World Heritage Watch. By Paul Rosenberg September 29, 2023 The first article ever published on the Campaign for a Living Venice web site was on Sept. 10, 2016, entitled “Venice is Crisis: UNESCO’s Ultimatum”. After UNESCO had … More UNESCO’s World Heritage System is Dysfunctional

Excavation Projects Announced to Bring Cruise Ships Back to Marittima Station

September 23, 2023

Excavation projects for over 2.2 million cubic meters of sediment meant to clear the way for 160 cruise ships per year to dock at Marittima Station via the Malamocco-Marghera Canal and the Vittorio Emanuele III Canal, “likely by spring of 2027”. Sept. 19, 2023 Port Authority of Venice President Fulvio Lino di Blasio announced plans … More Excavation Projects Announced to Bring Cruise Ships Back to Marittima Station

UNESCO. The Bluff of the Dual Role Between Protecting Heritage and Commercial Policy

September 18, 2023

There is no doubt that the Venetian community will soon have to reckon with the tourism overload that is oppressing it, regardless of all the entry fees and tax alchemies devised so far by the current council and the “homework” that it has declared will be completed by December 2024…it will no longer be possible … More UNESCO. The Bluff of the Dual Role Between Protecting Heritage and Commercial Policy

Venetian Citizens Send Open Letter and Petition to UNESCO: Save Venice and its Inhabitants

September 6, 2023

As is well-known by now, UNESCO will meet this month, and when it does it will consider the recommendation to include Venice in the list of Endangered World Heritage Sites, potentially resolving a threat from the word body that has been open now for seven years. It is equally well-known that during those years the … More Venetian Citizens Send Open Letter and Petition to UNESCO: Save Venice and its Inhabitants