Venice, the fear returns: once the Piazza San Marco is closed, already invaded by water, it goes towards the 160 cm

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Venice as Notre-Dame, the world must help her

of ASPESI NATALIA

Strong winds mean that the water is not calm and is subject to very high waves. The level is rapidly rising at Giudecca and traders who have shops on the foundations in front of the rafts indicate that the water has already reached 147 centimeters. "It is not possible that with this tide the institutions allow the boats to pass through the Giudecca canal," says the trader Andrea Barina of the Palanca kitchen. "Every time a boat passes it creates a wave and our activities are penalized more and more". Meanwhile all the shops are closed and inside you can see the exhausted traders after days of struggle against a high water that seems to never end.
The boys from VeniceCalls and FridaysForFuture are already organizing to take action when the high water drops, and have already set an appointment for today at 1 pm at the Morion social center. Meanwhile, many of them went to the Benedetto Marcello Conservatory to help. "In this tragic situation these young people are the true strength and true hope," he says Giovanni Giol, president of the conservatory. "Given the structural problems of the floor years ago we built an archive on the ground floor that was supposed to protect the scores within two meters of high water. We don't understand how the lower part ended up under water. We are talking about 35 folders of material music less important but still precious, that the boys are drying in these hours ". And while the leader of the league Matteo Salvini, boots on foot, visit crypt San Marco invaded by water, meanwhile the prime minister Giuseppe Conte announces to the Corriere della Sera that it has called for an inter-ministerial 'Comitatone' for the preservation of Venice on November 26th, during which the governance for the city's structural problems, such as that of large ships and the Mose, will also be discussed and also anticipates "the mayor will be appointed commissioner in relation to the state of emergency that yesterday we resolved in the Cdm". The premier recalls the 20 million allocated for urgent interventions, which will be followed by funds to refinance the special law for Venice. "For how many funds to allocate to Venice after the state of emergency of these hours we await the timely recognition of the needs and interventions that the mayor has guaranteed us will make in the coming days" and "when we have the overall picture – adds the premier – we will allocate what is necessary for restoration works, and with Minister Franceschini also for interventions on cultural heritage ".

The rector of the University of Venice Ca 'Foscari, Michele Bugliesi, thanks on social media his students who offered to help to face the current emergency: "In these days of serious emergency – he writes on Facebook – for Venice and for Ca 'Foscari we received many messages from our students and students who made themselves available to help the city and its citizens.Thank you.Thank you all for this lesson in civilization and for the love you show at your university and the city that welcomes you. and love Venice, and to ensure that your dreams become concrete perspectives that we must all work to give a future to our city ".

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