009 the Association’s end of summer drink Numerous members and supporters took part in the ‘end of summer drink’ organised by the Associazione Piazza San Marco at the Bar Gelateria Al Todaro from 6 pm...
019 THE ST MARK’S ANTHEM BOOKS RESTORED BY PRIVATE COMMITTEES Fortunately we can at times write good news. The precious seventeenth- and eighteenth-century anthem books used in St Mark’s basilica by the singers during religious...
006 EXPO 2015 PUTS ASHORE AT THE DOGE’S PALACE IN ST MARK’S SQUARE WITH A NEW EXHIBITION ON WATER AND FOOD In conjunction with Expo 2015 in Milan, with its important theme of nutrition, the Doge’s Palace will host the exhibition ‘WATER AND FOOD IN VENICE. Stories of the Lagoon...
007 EXHIBITION OF THE ARTIST QIU ZHIJIE AT THE CAFFE’ FLORIAN IN ST MARK’S SQUARE UNTIL 31 AUGUST 2015 The Caffè Florian in Venice is hosting the exhibition ‘So, we’ll go no more a roving’ by the artist Qiu Zhijie, as part of the 13th ‘Temporanea – Le Realtà...
031 SEAGULL PROBLEM, ACCORDING TO THE EXPERT ALESSANDRO SARTORI THERE ARE ABOUT A DOZEN IN ST MARK’S According to Alessandro Sartori, the Venetian scholar who has worked with ANCI to look into the problem of the numerous herring gulls in Venice, there are 200-400 of them in...
005 AFTER THE ‘BUD’ IN ST MARK’S SQUARE COMES THE ‘HEART’ ‘Venezia e la Giustizia –Essere Venezia’ is the twelfth event that ‘Venezia Rilevata’ will present on 20 September in the Square after the success of a similar one...
009 ENGINEER HERMES REDI (CVN): WE CAN ALSO CLOSE THE MOSE BARRIERS WITH 90 CM TIDES During the visit of the IV and IX Commissioni Consiliari Comunali to the Consorzio Venezia Nuova (CVN) last Friday, CVN’s technical director, the engineer Redi (in...
015 IN ST MARK’S SQUARE WITH A CANDLE TO REMEMBER VALERIA St Mark’s Square is once again the heart of its city in a dramatic moment. On Wednesday 18 November at 7 pm there will be a moving and silent tribute to Valeria Solesin (in...
016 THE COMITATI PER VENEZIA: PASS TO GO INTO ST MARK’S SQUARE AND ITS SURROUNDS A request to act against the mass tourism that endangers the very survival of the city was formally expressed at the annual meeting of the Comitati internazionali per la...
028 THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC SERGIO MATTARELLA IN ST MARK’S SQUARE TOMORROW The president of the Italian Republic, Sergio Mattarella, arrives at Venice’s Marco Polo airport on a scheduled flight tomorrow at 9.30am for his third visit to the city....
003 EUROPE DAY 2016 Europe Day returns again this year, a big event involving the lagoon city. There is a rich programme of events, exhibitions and meetings dedicated to the European Union and...
009 THE ‘DRUNKENNESS OF NOAH’ AT THE CORRER MUSEUM: GIOVANNI BELLINI’S MASTERPIECE REMAINS ON SHOW UNTIL MID JUNE! It will be possible to visit Giovanni Bellini’s masterpiece ‘The Drunkenness of Noah’ in the Sala delle Quattro Porte at the Correr Museum in St Mark’s Square until...
016 THE AMERIGO VESPUCCI ARRIVES IN ST MARK’S BASIN Tomorrow, Tuesday 17 May 2016, the Amerigo Vespucci, considered the most beautiful sailing ship in the world, will moor in the Basin in front of St Mark’s Square. The...
003 THE MUSEO CORRER IN ST MARK’S SQUARE HOLDS AN EXHIBITION ON IPPOLITO CAFFI ‘Ippolito Caffi 1809-1866. Tra Venezia e l’Oriente’ is the title of the exhibition at the Museo Correr opened a few days ago and continuing until 20 November...
004 CHRISTMAS 2015: THE ‘VENICE: POEMS AND LIGHTS’ PROJECT PRESENTED IN ST MARK’S SQUARE The ‘Venice: Poems and Lights’ project planned by the Associazione Piazza San Marco with the Comune di Venezia was presented this evening at a crowded press conference...
015 THE ARTISTIC PROJECT FOR CHRISTMAS 2015 ‘VENICE: POETRY AND LIGHT’ PRESENTED The Associazione Piazza San Marco called it ‘a gift of light and poetry that accompanies us from Calle Larga XXII Marzo to St Mark’s Square in a promenade that is like...
009 AFTER THE RENZI – HOLLANDE SUMMIT THE CITY QUESTIONS THE CLOSED AND FORTIFIED SQUARE The Italy-France summit having ended without any particular problems, the newspaper pages dwelt partly on the effect of the closed and fortified square. The Gazzettino,...
July 16, 2014 BIG SHIPS IN ST MARK’S BASIN: NO DECISION! The latest press news talks once again of a postponement of the meeting planned for the end of July that is meant to discuss the question of big ships passing through the St...
006 Final press conference for the ‘San Marco Guardians 2014’ project The Associazione Piazza San Marco press conference at the end of the ‘San Marco Guardians 2014’ project took place today at the historic Caffè Florian in St Mark’s...
008 Christmas drinks with the Associazione Piazza San Marco Alberto Nardi, president of the Associazione Piazza San Marco, and the Rey family invite members and friends of the association to the usual toast for Christmas Greetings at...
December 5, 2014 CHRISTMAS ARRIVES AND THE SQUARE LIGHTS UP Christmas in Venice will begin with a rowing procession. Centre stage will once again be St Mark’s Square. On Sunday 7 December at 4.30 pm a procession of boats will leave...
December 28, 2014 THE GIARDINETTI REALI DI SAN MARCO WILL BE RESTORED AND RETURNED TO THE CITY An unexpected Christmas present for the St Mark’s area. The Fondazione Venice Gardens, a not-for-profit organisation financed by a group of patrons, has decided to adopt...
January 3, 2015 NUMEROUS PAPERS TAKE UP THE PROBLEM OF THE MEDIUM-LOW HIGH TIDES THAT FLOOD ST MARK’S SQUARE The Associazione Piazza San Marco’s statement on the problem of medium-low high tides that periodically flood the square and would continue to do so even with the Sistema...