The usually filthy waterways of this beautiful city are now filled with crystal clear water and fish that are taking advantage of the cleanliness and reduction in contamination that comes with the quarantine.
The coronavirus has disrupted the lives of millions of people around the world. However, in spite of the serious situation that it’s caused, the disease has also left incredibly memorable views throughout the cities of the world it’s affected.
The so-called COVID-19 was detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan and has since then spread violently throughout the world. The authorities, in an effort to stop the infections and contain the pandemic, have announced different measures to prevent the population from taking further risks.
This is exactly what’s happening in Italy. The coronavirus came as a surprise to the Lombardy region, the country’s northern area, and forced the authorities to declare a mandatory quarantine for all those living there, which then eventually extended to the entire country.
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced that from Tuesday 11 to April 3, the entire country will be in quarantine, with a ban placed on leaving their homes unless strictly necessary and only with the permission from authorities to do so.
“We’re having an important growth in infection … and of deaths,” he said in a nightly speech to local press, the BBC reported.
“The whole of Italy will become a protected zone. We must all give up something for the good of Italy. We have to do it now. This is why I decided to adopt even stronger and more severe measures to contain the advance… and protect the health of all citizens,” he added.
And while having the entire country locked up in their homes has been very difficult for the Italians, at least there’s a positive side: their cities have shown the beauty that was always hidden by the crowds.
The empty Vatican, the Trevi Fountain without visitors, the magnificent Colosseum in all its glory without tourists or vehicles to interrupt the landscape, we’ve been able to see the entire beauty of these historical landmarks with people off the streets.
Within all these impressive ghost cities, there’s one that stands out above the rest because of the radical change it’s shown: Venice.
This thousand-year-old city was characterized by the millions of tourists it received on a daily basis, which in addition to filling its streets and squares, brought with them high levels of pollution that were reflected, above all, in the city’s canals, which looked like drainage lines.
However, as the coronavirus passed through the city, it transformed these dirty waterways into beautiful turquoise ones with crystal clear waters and hundreds of fish that are taking advantage of this new level of cleanliness.
This is precisely what can be seen in a video published on La Nouva di Venezia e Mestre’s YouTube channel that shows the new face of this beautiful and deserted city.
Although the coronavirus is a real threat that has wreaked havoc throughout the world, at least it’s allowed us to see the true beauty of its most stunning and emblematic cities.
You have to look at the positive side.