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The 5-euro or $5.35 entry fee, authorities hope, will discourage visitors from arriving on peak days and make the city more livable for residents.

ROME – Declaring Venices waterways a “national monument,” Italy is banning mammoth cruise liners from sailing into the lagoon city, which risked being declared an imperiled world heritage site by the United Nations within days. Culture Minister Dario Franceschini said the ban was urgently adopted at a Cabinet meeting Tuesday and will take effect Aug. 1. It applies to the lagoon basin near St. Mark’s Square and the Giudecca Canal, which is a major marine artery in Venice. Franceschini sa...

Italy to ban large cruise ships from Venices waterways At least four temporary docking sites will be built nearby on the northwestern Adriatic Sea, as Italy looks to avoid having Venice classified as an endangered world heritage site by UNESCO. Social Sharing The Associated Press · Posted: Jul 13, 2021 8:40 PM ET | Last Updated: July 14 MSC Orchestra passes the Giudecca Canal in Venice, Italy, on June 3, the first large cruise liner to travel the canal since the COVID-19 pandemic began. (JC ...