Is Venice green with envy? Police in Italy investigate suddenly verdant Grand Canal

Is another city trying to get in on Chicago’s action? A bright patch of green was spotted in Venice’s Grand Canal on Sunday, looking very much like the Chicago River dyed green for St. Patrick’s Day.

SHARE Is Venice green with envy? Police in Italy investigate suddenly verdant Grand Canal
A bright patch of green is seen in the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy on Sunday, May 28, 2023.

A bright patch of green is seen in the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy on Sunday, Police in Venice are investigating the source of the phosphorescent green liquid patch.

Luigi Costantini/Associated Press

MILAN — Police in Venice are investigating the source of a phosphorescent green liquid patch that appeared Sunday in the city’s famed Grand Canal.

The governor of the Veneto region, Luca Zaia, posted a photo of the green liquid that spread through the water near the arched Rialto Bridge. The patch was reported by residents.

Images on social media show a bright patch of green in the canal along an embankment lined with restaurants.

Zaia said that officials had requested that the police investigate to determine who was responsible. Environmental authorities were also testing the water.

A boat travels down the Chicago River as it is dyed green for St. Patrick’s Day festivities in the Loop, Saturday, March 11, 2023.

A boat travels down the Chicago River as it is dyed green for St. Patrick’s Day festivities in the Loop, Saturday, March 11, 2023.

Pat Nabong/Sun-Times

The Latest
In all, 129,000 children, 68% of those 5 or younger, had lead in their home drinking water, a study found.
It’s one to flush for the right-hander acquired from the Padres in the Dylan Cease trade.
Un cuestionario para candidatos para ayudarle a considerar sus opciones en las elecciones primarias de Illinois del 19 de marzo de 2024.
“I don’t talk about all the hard work and dedication it takes to take care of my son and the effort and the hard work that his siblings put in. … This is gonna be the rest of our lives,” Erika Boyd told reporters shortly after the City Council’s Finance Committee authorized a $45 million settlement to cover the medical care her son will need for the rest of his life.
Family advocacy centers are a statewide network of community-based providers with the objective of supporting families to keep them out of the Illinois Department of Children and Families Services system.