St. Mark's Square
by ITALY | Tue, 04/12/2022 - 04:51
The Procuratie Vecchie, the magnificent arcaded building flanking the north side of Venice’s St. Mark’s Square, has opened to the public for the first time. …
by Silvia Donati | Wed, 02/01/2017 - 06:25
A Venice landmark, St. Mark’s Square is the result of a long series of interventions that took place from the 9th century, the time of the first settlement,…
by Barry Lillie | Mon, 10/06/2014 - 04:39
Venice has many architectural landmarks that are instantly recognisable, and one of these must be the magnificent early Renaissance clock tower situated on the…
by Carol King | Sun, 11/03/2013 - 06:00
A project to create the first ever virtual online museum devoted to the Italian city of Venice has been launched.The ‘Meraviglie di Venezia: tesori sacri e…
by Carol King | Tue, 09/04/2012 - 03:41
Tourists have been shocked to see coloured pigeons in St Mark’s Square, Venice while animal lovers were aghast. It was enough perhaps to make even Mary Poppins…
by Anne Harrison | Wed, 08/01/2012 - 09:13
The morning mists still swirled over the lagoon as the ferry approached Venice. At first all we could see were wooden channel markers (bricole) as they drifted…
by Myra Robinson | Thu, 07/14/2011 - 04:49
The proud image of the lion is everywhere in Venice; gazing down from buildings, looking out from the keystone of an archway, or standing on fluted columns.…
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