Local authorities have called an emergency meeting to determine the cause and look at ways to change it back.
The waters in Venice’s main canal turned fluorescent green in the area near the Rialto bridge and authorities are seeking to trace the cause, Italy’s fire department said.
The regional environmental protection agency on Sunday received samples of the altered waters and is working to identify the substance that changed their colour, the department said in a tweet. A firefighter on a boat looks at the arched Rialto Bridge along Venice’s historical Grand Canal as a patch of phosphorescent green liquid spreads.The Venice prefect has called an emergency meeting of police forces to understand what happened and study possible countermeasures, the Ansa news agency reported.
The incident echoes recent episodes in Italy where environmental groups have been colouring monuments, including using vegetable charcoal to turn the waters of Rome’s Trevi fountain black in a protest against fossil fuels.Credit:However, unlike previous cases, no activist group has come forward to claim responsibility for what happened in Venice.
It is not the first time the waters of Venice have gone green. In 1968 Argentine artist Nicolas Garcia Uriburu dyed the waters of the Grand Canal green to raise awareness for ecological issues.
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