This weekend, on Sunday, April 28, Pope Francis will celebrate Mass in St. Mark’s Square during a one-day trip to Venice, Italy. Afterward, he will privately venerate the relics of St. Mark the ...

VENICE, Italy -- 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 ...

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 ...

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 environmental ...

This video explores Saint Mark’s Square and the interior of Saint Mark’s Basilica in Venice. Viewers see the detailed mosaics, arches, and marble columns inside the church.

In this Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020 file photo, people wade their way through water in flooded St. Mark’s Square following a high tide, in Venice, Italy. Lashing winds that pushed over 6 feet of water into ...

Last Generation’s activists unfold a banner reading in Italian: ‘Reparation Fund’ during a protest demanding a 20 billion euro “reparation fund” to compensate Italians for climate-related damage, in ...

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks Pierpaolo Campostrini about the effects of flooding on St. Mark's Basilica in Venice, Italy. Flooding Damages St. Mark's Basilica In Venice LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: ...

One of the must-see landmarks in Venice, Italy is Piazza San Marco - the city's political, religious and social hub. It is home to a palace, a bell tower, and St. Mark's Basilica, where generations of ...

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. Police ...