Francesco's Venice

Francesco's Venice

Death (1x4)


: 06, 2004

Since Byron put the city on the tourist map, life has become increasingly hard for the Venetians. In the 1966 flood, Francesco da Mosto was a terrified child watching waters invade his home. Outrageous modernising ideas also threaten Venice: from bridges linking the city with mainland Italy to flattening churches and converting the Grand Canal into an eight-lane motorway.

  • : 2004
  • : 4
  • : 1
  • BBC Two