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'Beauty is not enough': Why Venice is facing a long recovery from Covid 'The flow of tourists is still at a standstill. We are waiting for the world to start moving again,' says representative of historic cafe 4 February 2021 • 10:19pm For more than 300 years, its gilded rooms and elaborate décor and have welcomed everyone from Casanova and his lovers to Charlie Chaplin, Coco Chanel and Clint Eastwood. After three months of closure under Italy's second lockdown, the Caffè Florian, which occupies a prime position in St Mark's Square, had the chance to reopen its doors as the government rel...

It was an event that was never meant to happen again. Tested for the first time in adverse conditions, their successful deployment kept the historic centre dry for the first time in the city's history. It meant that the devastating floods of 2019 -- which caused more than $1 billion worth of damage to the city -- should be a thing of the past. Venice was flooded on December 8 after the MOSE flood barriers were not activated.(ANDREA PATTARO/AFP via Getty Images) In the two months since its introduction, at the start of what would traditionally be the flooding season, the barrier system, known ...

Angry Venetians were left mopping out homes and shops yesterday after authorities failed to activate the €6bn sea barrier designed to save the city from flooding. The barrier, named Moses after the Biblical figure who parted the Red Sea, became operational in October and is capable of shielding the World Heritage Site from high tides. But when a surge in the sea level occurred on Tuesday, it was not deployed. Weather forecasters had predicted a 1.25m (4.1ft) high tide but Moses – 78 giant hinged gates that can close off Venice’s lagoon from the Adriatic Sea – is normally not activate...