Municipality of Venice
The Municipality of Venice covers an area of about 415 square kilometers and is articulated around the two separate centers of Mestre, in the hinterland, and Venice, at the center of the homonymous lagoon, a territory inserted in the Unesco Site “Venice and its Lagoon” upon the act of its registration in 1987. Around 264,919 people are settled in the municipality, which borders on the municipalities of Campagna Lupia, Cavallino-Treporti, Chioggia, Jesolo, Marcon, Martellago, Mira, Mogliano Veneto, Musile di Piave, Quarto d’Alzino, Scorzè and Spinea, and includes six townships (Venezia-Murano-Burano, Lido-Pellestrina, Favaro Veneto, Mestre-Carpenedo, Chirignago-Zelarino and Marghera).
Following the signing of the Act of Understanding in 2007, The Municipality of Venice became a member of the “Steering Committee” of the UNESCO Site “Venice and its Lagoon”. The Committee holds the following Institutional powers regarding the protection, enhancement and management of the Site’s assets: managing the territories, urban planning, conservation and requalification of buildings for residential use, for social and cultural activities, for production, craft and trade – essential to the conservation of the socio-economic characteristics of the lagoon urban settlements – economic planning, construction of primary infrastructure works, landscaping and environmental protection, enhancement and promotion of tourism.
What does the Office of the World Heritage Site “Venice and its Lagoon” do?
- Coordinate the institutional bodies responsible of the Site and work together with private and public stakeholders;
- Monitor/update/implement the Management Plan;
- Elaborate projects for the protection and the enhancement of the Site and create partnerships for their implementation;
- Promote/implement/coordinate studies and researches on the cultural, environmental and socio-economic aspects of the property;
- Manage government funding earned from the winning of public tenders;
- Monitor the state of conservation of the property.
The projects of the Management Plan involving the Municipality of Venice:
- Project of restoration and enhancement of the lagoon waterfront Fusina access gate
- Protection and enhancement of rural architetture: Taglio del Sile
- Marghera Fort Project
- System of lagoon fortifications in the perimeter area in the south up to the San Felice fort
- Kitchen gardens and periurbane agriculture
- Venice Lagoon ViSitor Centre
- Network for access to and enhancement of Everyday Venice
- Rehabilitation and enhancement of the lagoon landscapes and culture
- Redevelopment and enhancement of smaller islands
- Settlement and development of entrepreneurial activities in urban decay areas
- Bussines networks and planning for handover to the next generation
- CEA Environmental Education Centre
- Training initiatives for bodies in charge of Site management and other professionals
- Web platform for the sharing, communication and promotion of information on the Site, its Management Plan and contents
- Creations and information system to enable the interoperability of data on the urban and regional planning schemes of the Venice and its Lagoon UNESCO Site (SIPLAN)
- Creation of a webgis platform for the publication and sharing of data on the “ Venice and its Lagoon” site and construction of an international network of sites on the world Heritage List, developed in the framework of the European Project SUSTCULT “SUSTainability through and integrated approach to the management of CULTural heritage”
UNESCO Itineraries in the Municipality of Venice
Other links of interest:
Web site of the Municipality of Venice
- Project of restoration and enhancement of the lagoon waterfront Fusina access gate
- Protection and enhancement of rural architetture: Taglio del Sile
- Marghera Fort Project
- System of lagoon fortifications in the perimeter area in the south up to the San Felice fort
- Kitchen gardens and periurbane agriculture
- Venice Lagoon ViSitor Centre
- Network for access to and enhancement of Everyday Venice
- Rehabilitation and enhancement of the lagoon landscapes and culture
- Redevelopment and enhancement of smaller islands
- Settlement and development of entrepreneurial activities in urban decay areas
- Bussines networks and planning for handover to the next generation
- CEA Environmental Education Centre
- Training initiatives for bodies in charge of Site management and other professionals
- Web platform for the sharing, communication and promotion of information on the Site, its Management Plan and contents
- Creations and information system to enable the interoperability of data on the urban and regional planning schemes of the Venice and its Lagoon UNESCO Site (SIPLAN)
- Creation of a webgis platform for the publication and sharing of data on the “ Venice and its Lagoon” site and construction of an international network of sites on the world Heritage List, developed in the framework of the European Project SUSTCULT “SUSTainability through and integrated approach to the management of CULTural heritage”