In Venice, Italy, a section of the Grand Canal suddenly turned bright green. While the cause of the incident is not yet known, the police launched an investigation into the matter.
The waters turned green in the touristic city of Venice in the northeast of Italy. While the gondolas were cruising in the phosphorescent waters, the tourists took pictures of the green water stretching from the Rialto Bridge to a part of the Grand Canal. Luca Zaia, the head of the Veneto region, said on Twitter that the color was the first to appear. “We called for an urgent meeting with the police to investigate the source of the fluid,” Zaia said in a statement. On the other hand, it is not the first time that the Grand Canal has turned green.Argentine artist Nicolas Garcia Uriburu painted the water with fluorescent paint to raise ecological awareness during the 34th Venice Biennale in 1968. The local newspaper La Nuova Venezia reported that the police, the Grand Canal turning green, He wrote that he was investigating whether environmental activists had a protest.