Italy - San Marino

Venice Campaign in Danger.: Italian hopes to raise 400 million dollars to save the city of Venice from sinking into the sea may founder on the unwillingness of government to contribute needed funds. Milan newsman Indro Montanelli, who has spaked the campaign to save the city, said the Venice a city in crisis for two centuries, has reached a decisive moment'. Montanalli, who writers for the daily il Corriers della Sera, warned that political rivalry between Venice and its industrial mainland neighbors Marghera and Mestre may stand in the way of saving Venice. Industrial development has caused a steady migration from the Lagoon City to the mainland, bringing neglect of its unique palacas and the decline of the political influence. In our photo Indro Montanelli explaining at the Foreign Press Associacion in Rome, the situation of the Venice lagoon

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