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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Climate activists in Venice poured mud and Nesquik outside of St. Mark's Basilica as a form of peaceful protest. They cited the threat of rising sea levels on Venice, the mudslides that have ...