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In the 1950 ’ s gas powered motor boats where introduced to Venice , increasing the speed and efficiency of water transportation . But they also created the problem known to Venetians as Moto Ondoso – wake induced damage – that threatens to erode the foundations of 800-year old Venetian buildings built on wooden pillars which were not designed to withstand the high-energy impact from the swells created by the city ’ s fleet of diesel-burning speedboats .
Today , with mass tourism and those looking to live a luxury lifestyle the wakes created by motor boats are seen as such a problem , that Gondoliers and activists have repeatedly demonstrated against speedboats by blocking the city ’ s waterways , and following the reduction in tourism brought on by the ongoing COVID pandemic Venice ’ s usually dark waterways have turned noticeably clearer because of the absence of motorboat traffic providing further strength to the notion that change is required .
Hailed by the media as the “ Savior of Venice ”, the Swedish-made Candela is an entirely new kind of craft that brings hope of saving the city ’ s unique cultural heritage from destruction – whilst making transport around the cities waterways even better and faster .
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