Founded in 828 A.D. after the remains of St. Mark were transported from Alexandria, Egypt, the basilica has undergone several transformations. St. Mark's Basilica in Venice, Italy. Credit: Canva ...

ROME — Activists poured mud and chocolate milk on the facade of St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice on Thursday in their latest climate protest, drawing a swift rebuke from the lagoon city’s mayor.

Climate activists on Thursday vandalized the facade of the nearly 1,000-year-old St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice, Italy, reportedly defacing it with mud and chocolate milk as part of an ...

In St Mark's Basilica, Venice's iconic 900-year-old church, the salty water caused irreparable damage. It seeped into the stones, leaving behind salt crystals that cracked and crumbled ancient ...

Lashing winds that pushed over 6 feet of water into Venice in November 2019 and ripped the lead tiles off St. Mark’s Basilica for the first time ever shocked Venetians with the city’s second ...

St. Mark's Basilica is now protected by transparent glass barriers that keep out the floodwaters of Acqua Alta events, as seen in this photo from December 10, 2022. The high tide was too low to ...

Facade of St Mark's Basilica, Venice, Italy getty Venice’s fragile St Mark’s Basilica is to begin charging for tourist visits in a desperate bid to raise money for repairs and restoration. The ...

Donation to Pay for Repairs to a Venice Treasure In 2019, flooding undermined a historic pulpit in St. Mark’s Basilica. The Italian jewelry brand Pomellato is underwriting its restoration.

At St. Mark’s Basilica, Venice’s iconic Byzantine church, vicar Angelo Pagan rushed to move 17th-century pews and other precious objects clear of the water, but he looked on helplessly as the ...

Venice marks 1,600th anniversary of founding with Mass in St. Mark’s Basilica St Mark's Basilica, Venice, Italy | Zizza93 via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

It's a simple solution, but one that may keep the marble columns and valuable mosaics of Venice's iconic St. Mark's Basilica safe from seawater-induced erosion: A set of glass barriers installed ...