How can Venice save Saint Mark’s Basilica from the rising waters of Acqua Alta, the lagoon’s seasonal high tide? In a simple and straightforward solution, the Italian city has erected glass barriers ...

Piazza San Marco is home to some of the most impressive and unmissable sights in Venice, and the Basilica di San Marco is one of them. The historic San Marco Basilica is the pinnacle of the Byzantine ...

Traces of a long-lost medieval church are thought to have been uncovered in the Piazza San Marco—the iconic square that sits at the heart of Venice, Italy. Archaeologists had been conducting ...

Venice, Italy, often celebrated as the “floating city” and the “Queen of the Adriatic,” continues to enchant visitors with its singular allure, rich history, and captivating blend of renowned ...

IT HAS been called an open-air salon, the marketplace of the world, a stage set, but the most quoted description of the piazza San Marco in Venice is Napoleon’s “drawing room of Europe”. To Balzac, it ...

Visiting the historic district of Venice is like walking through a magnificent museum, with its iconic Doge’s Palace, St. Mark’s Basilica and Campanile, all contained within the Piazza San Marco (St.