In 2021, large ships were barred from entering Venice – but the ban is yet to be enforced.
Before the pandemic hit, I remember eating lunch at a canal side restaurant in Venice when a colossal, multi-story cruise ship sailed past.
The vessel towered over the fragile mediaeval palaces and leaning bell towers. I wondered what might happen if it ran off-course.
In June 2019, a giant 13-deck cruise ship did exactly that. It crashed into a wharf in Venice, injuring five people.
he incident, captured in an alarming video, was dramatic enough to prompt the city mayor Luigi Brugnaro to ban big ships from passing through the centre of Venice.
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