The morning sun rose over the Bacino di San Marco in a blaze of shimmering gold, burning away the dawn sea mist that clung to the iconic marble facades of Venice. At eight o'clock in the morning, a flotilla of historic ceremonial wooden launches, escorting the Prime Minister of Italy, the Mayor of Venice, and senior UNESCO ambassadors, made its way from the Grand Canal toward the monumental stone quay…
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