Venice Before Coronavirus

The coronavirus lockdown has left venice streets empty and a drastic drop in water traffic means sediment in the canals has been able to settle.

Venice before coronavirus. Before the coronavirus outbreak venice was already struggling not just from too many tourists but also from historic floods that inundated the city for days last november. In this coronavirus pandemic summer the city has sorely missed its visitors. Italy has been ravaged by the coronavirus but residents of one of the country s most famous cities have managed to find a silver lining. Now many of the.

Posted march 19 2020 17 10 06 an upside of italy s coronavirus lockdown is that the long polluted canals of venice have seen a few weeks of. The esa released images of venice on tuesday taken by copernicus sentinel 2 mission one from april 19 2019 and another from april 12 2020 for comparison. But the city is also looking for new approaches. Nature takes back its spaces says facebook user the waters of venice s famous canals have cleared for the first time in years amid a decline in pollution as the city locks down to stop the.

Clear water is seen in venice s canals due to less tourists motorboats and pollution as the spread of the coronavirus disease covid 19 continues in venice italy march 18 2020. The european space agency has released two images of venice taken one year apart which highlight the impact the coronavirus pandemic has had on its famous waterways. Satellite images released by the european space agency show how clear venice s canals have become since the city went under lockdown amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. Tourists are returning to venice but far fewer than in recent years.

Take venice one of italy s biggest tourist attractions which is usually heaving with visitors throughout the year.