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<div style="background:#dde; font-size:86%; direction:ltr;">For documentary reasons, this is the original metadata as provided by UNESCO. The <i>Description</i> is contributed by participants in UNESCO's crowdsourcing project. Do not edit this section.</div><pre>BW/Colour: Black and white
City: Venice
Country: Italy
Date range: @@-@@-1969
Description: A steamboat with dark smoke rising from the smokestack, sailing in alagoon in front of a church with dome and temple style facade and statues on top. Tall bell tower can be seen at left of the church.
English transcr.: Year by year Venice is slowly falling into decay as it sinks into the mud of its lagoon. Many of the buildings are falling into ruins, simply because they are uninhabited. Venice's heritage is threatened by storms which are causing more and more flooding in the city. Swift currents eat at the city's foundation. Humidity and air pollution are causing paintings and the city's marble to deteriorate. UNESCO, on 2 December 1966, launched a campaign for the safeguarding of Venice and has commenced a large-scale study of the Venitian problem as a whole. San Giorgio church
French transcr.: Venice se dégrade d'année en année et s'enfonce progressivement dans la lagune. Ses édifices prennent lentement des allures de ruines parce que personne n'y habite. Les inondations successives et les courants trop rapides érodent la base des bâtiments. L'humidité et la pollution de l'air altèrent les marbres et les peintures. L'UNESCO a lancé, le 2 décembre 1966, un appel pour a sauvegarde de Venise et vient d'établir une importante étude sur l'ensemble des problèmes. L'église San Giorgio.
Keywords: Lagoons | Air pollution | Coastal erosion | Water pollution | Historic monuments | Cultural property preservation | Historic cities | International cooperation | Preservation of works of art | Cultural agreements
Orientation: Portrait
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Author: UNESCO / Dominique Roger | ;</pre></div>
<bdi><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q67013607" class="extiw" title="d:Q67013607"><span title="French photographer">Dominique Roger</span></a>
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