Italy
By Larry Habegger | Permalink |
No Comments | August 20th, 2003 | Trackback
Sitting on church steps in Florence or Venice is now illegal and subject to 50-euro fines (about $56). The new ordinance applies to the areas around the Duomo in Florence and the Basilica of St. Mark in St. Mark’s Square in Venice. The campaign is an effort to get the millions of tourists who flow through these famous cities each summer to treat historical sites with respect. Church officials have complained that the area around the Duomo has become an open toilet at night and police in Venice have asked tourists to maintain decorum around these sites or pay the price. Venice officials even went so far as to create a code of conduct for tourists.
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Italy
By Larry Habegger | Permalink |
No Comments | August 6th, 2003 | Trackback
Since the war in Iraq started in March, ItalyÂ’s security services have been working at full capacity to ensure the safety of its cities and towns. Now, following the U.S. lead, officials are reminding citizens of a general threat of terrorism that “cannot exclude any Western countries.” All of ItalyÂ’s main airports have new security measures in place that include roadblocks and foot patrols along airport access routes and near departure terminals, surveillance by uniformed and undercover agents, and marksmen overseeing flights and airlines considered high risk: U.S., Israel, and the Middle East. Officials feel that they cannot do more.
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