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In these mystery novels, cities are one of the main characters
The Grand Canal in Venice, Italy on Nov. 20, 2022. The tourism sector is still recovering from the disastrous downturn in travel largely caused by the coronavirus pandemic. (Laetitia Vancon/The New York Times)
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Italy faces new drought alert as famous Venice canals run dry
Boats are pictured in a canal during a severe low tide in the lagoon city of Venice, Italy, February 17, 202. REUTERS/Manuel Silvestri
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Bustling Venice delays charging tourists for daily visits
FILE PHOTO: Tourists visit St. Mark's Square in Venice, Italy, September 5, 2021. REUTERS/Manuel Silvestri
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Vancouver artist Stan Douglas’s Venice Biennale show is a travelling political history lesson
Still from two-channel video installation. London: TrueMendous Courtesy of the artist, Victoria Miro, London and Venice, and David Zwirner, New York, London, Paris and Hong Kong
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The cold comfort of apocalyptic fiction
ROM02:ITALY-VENICE:VENICE,ITALY,10DEC98 - FILE PHOTO NOV97 - A worker tries to wheel his cart through a flooded St. Mark's Square during high tide in Venice in November, 1997. Despite 10 years of preparations and rapidly rising waters, government advisers were expected to give the thumbs down to a $2.5 billion dam project code named "Moses," which is intended to save Venice, for environmental and cost reasons. Experts say that if nothing is done, the city could disappear altogether by the end of the next century. (NO ARK) ph/ANSA/Photo by Andrea Merola REUTERS
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Hurricane-force winds, fierce storms leave at least eight people dead in France and Italy
Local police officers stand by a cordoned off area at the bottom of the Bell Tower at St. Mark's place in Venice after the wind knocked pieces from the roof on the ground on August 18, 2022 as a result of bad weather. - Experts say climate change driven by human activity is boosting the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events, such as heatwaves, droughts and wildfires. (Photo by Andrea PATTARO / AFP) (Photo by ANDREA PATTARO/AFP via Getty Images)
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Multicultural influences abound in exhibition of decorative arts from Renaissance Venice at Toronto’s Gardiner Museum
Kate Taylor
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Venice prepares to charge tourists, require booking
Tourists visit St. Mark's Square freely as the municipality prepares to charge them up to 10 Euro for entry into the lagoon city, in order to cut down the number of visitors, in Venice, Italy, September 5, 2021. Picture taken September 5, 2021. REUTERS/Manuel Silvestri
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No stranger to plagues, Venice opens film fest with caution
A masked man walk in St. Mark's Square in Venice, Italy, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2016. The Venice carnival in the historical lagoon city attracts people from around the world. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
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G-20 finance ministers back 15 per cent global minimum corporate tax to crack down on low-rate havens
Canada's Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland (C) arrives for the G20 finance ministers and central bankers meeting in Venice on July 9, 2021. (Photo by Andreas SOLARO / AFP) (Photo by ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP via Getty Images)
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G20 finance ministers set to say economic support must be in line with stable price targets
FILE PHOTO: EU's Economy Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni, Eurogroup President Paschal Donohoe, World Bank President David Malpass, Italy's Finance Minister Daniele Franco, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire, Canada's Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Chancellor Rishi Sunak, Managing Director of the IMF Kristalina Georgieva, Germany's Finance Minister Olaf Scholz, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Mathias Cormann, Japan's Finance Minister Taro Aso pose for a family photo during the G7 finance ministers meeting at Lancaster House in London, Britain, June 5, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/File Photo
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Fall for Dance North festival doesn’t miss a beat in its pivot to an online program
Sonia Rodriguez, seen here, danced a Spanish-infused pas de trois, Poema Ibérico by Vanesa Garcia-Ribala Montoya.
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Venice for the Venetians? How COVID-19 is forcing this city to rethink its mass-tourism economy
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I’m stuck in a dorm room in Venice, but I guess things could be worse
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Italy has a message for potential tourists anxious about the coronavirus – but will they listen?
Tourist wearing a protective respiratory mask tours outside the Colosseo monument (Colisee, Coliseum) in downtown Rome on February 28, 2020 amid fear of Covid-19 epidemic. - Since February 23, more than 50,000 people have been confined to 10 towns in Lombardy and one in Veneto -- a drastic measure taken to halt the spread of the new coronavirus, which has infected some 400 people in Italy, mostly in the north. (Photo by Andreas SOLARO / AFP) (Photo by ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP via Getty Images)
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Northern Italy shut down as coronavirus death toll climbs
A couple wearing a protective facemask walk across the Piazza del Duomo, in central Milan, on February 24, 2020 as security measures were taken in northern Italy against the COVID-19 the novel coronavirus. - Italy reported on February 24, 2020 its fourth death from the new coronavirus, an 84-year old man in the northern Lombardy region, as the number of people contracting the virus continued to mount. (Photo by Andreas SOLARO / AFP) (Photo by ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP via Getty Images)
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Northern Italy shutting down as coronavirus cases surge; three dead
Tourists wear protective face masks at Venice Carnival, which the last two days of, as well as Sunday night's festivities, have been cancelled because of an outbreak of coronavirus, in Venice, Italy February 23, 2020. REUTERS/Manuel Silvestri
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Italy cancels Venice carnival in bid to halt spread of coronavirus
An empty road at the entrance of the small Italian town of Codogno is pictured on February 23, 2020, under the shadow of a new coronavirus outbreak, as Italy took drastic containment steps as worldwide fears over the epidemic spiralled. (Photo by Miguel MEDINA / AFP) (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP via Getty Images)
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Without better flood protection, Venice risks losing status as a World Heritage Site
A city worker helps a woman as she crosses St. Mark square on a gangway, in Venice, Italy, on Nov. 17, 2019.
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How do I keep freeloading friends away without alienating them?
David Eddie
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Six activities to try with your family in Europe this summer
Mother and kids tourists visiting Venice, Italy. Family is cheering next to one of Venice canals.