Associazione Piazza San Marco - Venezia

 

“VIVIAMO LA CITTÀ - SEI IN PIAZZA SAN MARCO”

LET’S LIVE THE TOWN - YOU’RE IN PIAZZA SAN MARCO

Venice Municipal Administration, the Piazza San Marco Association and the sponsor Costa Crociere present  “ViviAmo la Città - Sei in Piazza San Marco” “Let’s live the town - You’re in Piazza San Marco”, a project to improve the quality and preservation of Piazza San Marco and the surrounding area, which represent one of the most famous and evocative monumental sites anywhere in the world.

The aim of the project is to raise awareness about using Piazza San Marco in an appropriate and sustainable way, involving first and foremost the local residents and tourists who enjoy this unique location every day, with support in the form of planning and financial resources offered by the three institutional sponsors.

In the months of greatest tourist flow (June to October) of the years 2012, 2013, 2014, in the area around Piazza San Marco, a team of eight hostesses and stewards has been available to provide information about how to respect and protect this monumental site, about municipal rules of civilized conduct and about the best possible use of public and private services. The team has been multilingual, so to properly interact with tourists of all nationalities. Hostesses and stewards will also inform Metropolitan Police Headquarters of any violations of municipal rules they discover when on duty.It should be remembered that public conduct in Piazza San Marco, and the entire municipal area, is governed by General Police Regulations and any fines are issued in the first instance by the Metropolitan Police.

These Regulations clarify that in Piazza San Marco, along the porticos and the steps outside the Procuratie Nuove, and in their continuation to Ala Napoleonica and the Libreria Sansoviniana, in Piazzetta Leoncini, under the Palazzo Ducale Portico, in Piazzetta San Marco and on the pier, it is forbidden to sit outside the areas specifically provided for this purpose. It is in any case forbidden to stop to consume food or drinks, except in the areas granted for use by cafes and restaurants, or to dispose of or abandon paper, jars, bottles and any type of solid or liquid waste on public land. It is forbidden to feed the pigeons.

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