(ANSA) - VENICE, JANUARY 21 - Fixed glass sheets, one meter and 20 centimeters high, to "surround" the facade of the Basilicadi San Marco in Venice, to protect it in case of exceptional high waters. It is the project that the Provveditoria di San Marco has now submitted to the approval of the Superintendency for Benicultural and the Provveditorato per pubblic works.
The project is part of the two solutions announced by the Provveditoria in December after the disastrous high waters of last year, and if the process does not find a hitch or a long time it could be completed by next November.
The procurator of San Marco Pierpaolo Campostrini explained today that "it is a question of replacing the iron parapets, which already exist to keep visitors away from the external walls.
We have also selected the type of material, together with the Experimental Murano glass station. "The estimated cost is approximately 3.5 million euros.
Venice: glass plates for San Marco
2020-01-21T12:55:01.449Z
Fixed glass sheets, one meter and 20 centimeters high, to "surround" the facade of the Basilica of San Marco in Venice, to protect it in case of exceptional high waters. (HANDLE)
