FROM 9 SEPTEMBER THE DOGE’S PALACE WILL GLISTEN WITH PRECIOUS GEMS!
India, as the Fondazione Musei Civici writes and as told by the history books, was a land rich in precious gems: sapphires, diamonds and rubies enchanted visitors and...
STARS ON THE LAGOON
More than a thousand people, both residents and tourists enjoyed the stars, in piazza San Marco. For the fifth time, on Saturday evening the event "Stars in the Lagoon" was...
ST MARKS AT THE CENTRE OF CARNIVAL 2017
The rumours that have been spreading for some days have been confirmed. As the local press reports today, the next Carnival (11-28 February 2017) will once again see St...
SHIRIN NESHAT. The Home of My Eyes
Shirin Neshat’s exhibition ‘The Home of My Eyes’ continues to be very successful at the Museo Correr, which, with this show, further enriches the...
THE CITY COUNCIL AT WORK ON TOURIST FLOWS
As a result of Unesco’s appeal, the city council is said to be working to produce a resolution by April to show the international organisation that it is taking serious steps...
THERE’S TIME UNTIL 4 JUNE TO VISIT THE “JHERONIMUS BOSCH E VENEZIA” EXHIBITION
The “Jheronimus Bosch e Venezia” exhibition held in the Doge’s Apartment in the Doge’s Palace, St Mark’s Square will stay open until 4 June. This prestigious...
St Mark’s Square, the Guardians and... Clint Eastwood
St Mark’s Square continues to be the centre of media attention. The press, especially local, has in recent days been devoting numerous articles to the San Marco...
THE WATER AND THE SQUARE: A SPECIAL SECTION ON THE WE ARE HERE VENICE WEBSITE
On the We Are Here Venice website, an entire section is dedicated to the events promoted by the Venice delegation of FAI, the Association Piazza San Marco and We Are Here Venice...
PRESS CONFERENCE TO MARK THE END OF THE ‘SAN MARCO GUARDIANS’ SERVICE
The press conference called by the Associazione Piazza San Marco to mark the end of the ‘San Marco Guardians’ service for this season was held today in the Caffè Florian...
St Mark’s Square the centre of New Year 2018
The Venice city council has presented its programme for New Year 2018 involving Mestre and Venice. In particular, the new year will be greeted in Venice with a fireworks...
THE SUBJECT OF MIGRANTS AT A CONFERENCE IN THE MARCIANA LIBRARY
The subject of ‘migrants’ is a very topical one, which is often treated superficially and approximately. The Marciana Library is holding a conference entitled...
St Mark’s Basin will host the Venice Hospitality Challenge 2017 on Saturday 14 October
The 2017 Venice Hospitality Challenge , which will take place on Saturday 14 October at 1.30 pm in St Mark’s Basin, was presented this morning at the Gritti...
The big sail stars in the Bacino di San Marco
The fourth Venice Hospitality Challenge, the regatta for maxi yachts matched with luxury hotels, was a complete success on Saturday 14 October, won by the Spirit of...
VENICE TO HOST THE FONDAZIONE ERMITAGE
The Fondazione Ermitage Italia, an Italian organisation linked to the great Russian museum and important cultural and scientific centre, will probably move to the...
SEEPAGE OF WATER, A SMALL PART OF THE BIBLIOTECA MARCIANA’S CEILING FALLS
The director of the Biblioteca Marciana, Maurizio Messina, had reported this to the Corriere del Veneto some time ago: unrepaired water seepage from the ceiling is a threat...
PRESS CONFERENCE AT THE FLORIAN FOR THE END OF THE SAN MARCO GUARDIANS INITIATIVE
The president of the Associazione Piazza San Marco Alberto Nardi expressed his satisfaction with the ‘San Marco Guardian’s’ initiative, strongly called for by the...
THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC DISEMBARKS IN VENICE TO RECOUNT THE WONDERS OF ST MARK’S SQUARE
In the next few days a team from the well-known satellite channel of the natural environment magazine ‘National Geographic’ will arrive in Venice to film a documentary...
VENETIANS TIRED BUT HAPPY IN ST MARK’S SQUARE
Fifteen thousand people along the Riva dei Sette Martiri. The joy, as carefully shown by the Gazzettino, of Venetian athletes happy to be in St Mark’s... are all wonderful...
STARS IN THE LAGOON, OBSERVATION OF THE SKY FROM ST MARK’S SQAURE
On Saturday 9 November from 7 pm it will be possible to observe the stars and the moon with various telescopes in St Mark’s Square. ‘Stelle in Laguna’ (Stars in the...
THE PHENOMENON OF EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH TIDES RETURNS TO THE CITY AND ST MARK’S SQUARE AS IT DOES EVERY AUTUMN
The exceptionally high tide phenomenon in Venice has occurred again as it does every autumn. Yesterday the tide reached a maximum height of 105 cm above sea level at 9.25 in the...
EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH TIDE AND THE FLOODED SQUARE MAKES THE NEWS AGAIN
The bad weather that has been battering Italy did not spare Venice. Today the high tide reached 124 cm above sea level and the forecast for tomorrow is for 125 cm at 11.30 am. It...
