If you look closely at the center gable on the exterior of the basilica, you can even see a statue of St. Mark along with Venice's emblem: a lion with wings. Many consider the basilica to be a ...

St. Mark's Basilica in Venice, Italy. Credit: Canva After being built as a permanent church in 832, the basilica was burned down in a rebellion in 976. St. Mark’s was rebuilt in 978 but it was a ...

If you look closely at the center gable on the exterior of the basilica, you can even see a statue of St. Mark along ... the main street of Venice, the roughly 2-mile Grand Canal is one of the ...

St. Mark's a unique and beautiful basilica thanks to the mosaics that cover the walls and ceilings, making the inside of this church glow. Read more about amazing ...

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 ...

The St. Regis Venice is located directly on Venice’s Grand Canal, right across from the Basilica di Santa Maria ... San Marco district. St. Mark’s Square is a five-minute walk away, but ...

In the atrium of Venice’s St Mark’s Basilica, the red marble bases of ancient columns have been gnawed away. Other plinths are fragmented so badly they must be held in place by makeshift straps.

The best hotels in Venice The five-star St. Regis Venice brings modern luxury into a place of historic grandeur set across ...

While the Basilica was built on what was one of Venice’s highest points at the time, it now sits on one of the city's lowest due to subsidence and rising sea levels. As a result, St. Mark’s ...

New Yorker Nancy Jiang thought she was dressed appropriately for the sultry summer weather on a recent trip to romantic Venice ... a security guard at St. Mark’s Basilica shamed her for ...