DW Focus On Europe July 13, 2024
Brink of ruin including the iconic st marks basilica officials have declared a state of emergency residents and tourists are shocked at the scale of the damage. The 1200 year old city has reached its breaking point and to make matters worse disaster in italy could have been prevented a decades old project to build a flood barrier has failed to materialize its over budget overdue and plagued by allegations of corruption residents have long complained that exploited for profit tourism has left a mark on the fragile city with 30000000 tourists coming every year well the mayor has blamed the flood...