Venice is famously not short of tourists ... The Procuratie Vecchie in St. Mark’s Square – one of the most famous buildings in one of the world’s most famous city spaces – has opened ...

St. Mark's Square, or Piazza San Marco, is considered by many to be the heart of Venice. As the largest square in Venice, St. Mark's Square is the only piazza in the city. Lining the square are ...

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The unmitigated ‘gull’ of these birds! Violent seagulls are turning Saint Mark’s Square in Venice into a scene straight out of Hitchcock’s spine-tingler “The Birds.” The iconic piazza ...

Residents struggled to absorb the scale of devastation caused by a huge chunk of glacier that buried most of their picturesque Swiss village, in what scientists suspect is a dramatic example of ...

Venice is pulling the plug on giant cruise ships sailing past St Mark’s Square from next November. The axe on vessels of more than 40,000 tonnes using the Giudecca canal in and out of the port ...

Pope Francis will travel by motorboat along Venice’s canals and offer Mass in St. Mark’s Square during his visit to the “floating city,” the Vatican announced Monday. The Holy See Press ...

In November 2019, Venice experienced one of its worst flooding ... dangerous to trigger the MOSE flood barriers, so St Mark's Square was covered by a low layer of water. St Mark's Basilica ...

Pope Francis waves to faithful at the end of a mass in St. Mark's Square, Venice, Italy, Sunday, April 28, 2024. The Pontiff arrived for his first-ever visit to the lagoon town including the ...

VENICE — Venice has always been a place ... Francis’ dizzying morning visit, which ended with Mass in St. Mark’s Square, represented an increasingly rare outing for the 87-year-old pontiff ...