22 February 2013 ENRICO GIGI BACCI DIED YESTERDAY President Alberto Nardi has sent us the following fond statement: --- Remembering him is no easy task, given the affectionate relationship that tied me to him and given...
February 18, 2013 MUSEI CIVICI, 2013 WILL BE A YEAR DEVOTED TO CONTEMPORARY ART The programme of exhibitions and events being held in 2013 by the Fondazione Musei Civici of Venice will focus entirely on the contemporary and also involve the cultural...
18 February 2013 First meeting of the Association’s new Executive The first Executive of the Associazione Piazza San Marco, a body made up of nine people appointed for two years from 2013 to 2015 and elected at the General Meeting of the...
February 14, 2013 CONSOLIDATION WORKS ON ST MARK’S BELL TOWER COMPLETED The consolidation works on St Mark’s Bell Tower, begun in 2009, will finally be completed within a month after the positioning of a titanium bar to protect the foundations....
February 13, 2013 ‘MUSICAL ELEVATIONS AT VESPERS’: ORGAN MUSIC IN ST MARK’S BASILICA It will be possible to listen to organ music played by the concert organist Roberto Micconi at the ‘Musical Elevations at Vespers’ in the wonderful setting of St Mark’s...
February 2, 2013 ROCK RETURNS TO ST MARK’S SQUARE WITH THE CLOSE OF THE 2013 CARNIVAL The Venice Carnival will end on the evening of Martedì Grasso with a rock concert in St Mark’s Square. The Carnival programme features the appearance of various Italian...
January 29, 2013 ‘SISSI IN VENICE’: AN EVOCATIVE ITINERARY FOR THE 2013 VENICE CARNIVAL The Correr Museum offers an evocative itinerary in the St Mark’s area for guests of the 2013 Venice Carnival to discover the places decorated in honour of Princess...
January 24, 2013 THE 2013 VENICE CARNIVAL OFFICIALLY PRESENTED The 2013 Venice Carnival entitled ‘Live in Color’ (26 January-12 February) was presented in a press conference at Ca’ Farsetti yesterday. Those present included the...
January 23, 2013 THE GUARDI EXHIBITION CAN ALSO BE VISITED DURING CARNIVAL 2013 Given the success and the high number of visitors, the ‘Francesco Guardi (1712 – 1793)’ exhibition currently on at the Correr Museum in St Mark’s Square has been...
January 22, 2013 A NEW SHOPPING CENTRE WILL OPEN NEAR ST MARK’S SQUARE The Venice City Council definitively approved the plan for the former Pilsen building late last night. This was actually a vote referring simply to ‘town planning...
January 17, 2013 VENICE CARNIVAL 2013: READY TO START STILL AMID CONTROVERSY It is just a few days to the official start of the 2013 Venice Carnival ‘Vivi i colori - Live in colour’, but numerous controversies are raging in the institutional...
January 14, 2013 COLD AND HIGH WATER ‘The cold coming from Siberia in these hours, the north-east wind and the waxing moon have caused a sudden rise of sea level in the Venice lagoon. Indeed, at midday St...
December 22, 2012 ST MARK’S SQUARE BETWEEN THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES, MOMENTS, EVENTS, PEOPLE A wonderful, dispersed exhibition of photos describing St Mark’s Square between the 19th and 20th centuries will be open there from 22 December to 12 February 2013. ‘St...
December 20, 2012 ST MARK’S SQUARE IS WORTH MUCH MORE THAN A COFFEE! Controversy is mounting on social networks and in local and national daily papers about the advertising image of a well-known Italian coffee brand that appeared in the...
December 17, 2012 NOT ONLY RIALTO... All the local and national dailies have recently highlighted the award of the sponsorship for the restoration of the Rialto Bridge. The owner of Diesel, Renzo Rosso, will...
November 27. 2012 CHRISTMAS ILLUMINATIONS: GUARANTEED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN ST MARK’S SQUARE All the difficulties of finding the funds and relative sponsors to light up the old city during the forthcoming Christmas festivities in this year of crisis were pointed out...
26 November 2012. The Association meets the director general of the Venice city council On Monday 26 November 2012, the Associazione Piazza San Marco, represented by its president Dr Alberto Nardi and under-secretary Domenico Lalli, was received by the...
November 18, 2012 THE PROTEST GOES … INTO THE SQUARE The mobilization of Italian teachers and students over recent days in defence of public schools also involved St Mark’s Square. The Michelangelo Guggenheim state art...
November 14, 2012 BOOK LAUNCH: ‘VENEZIANI PER SCELTA’ ON 20 NOVEMBER 2012 AT THE CAFFE' FLORIAN The press conference for the book launch of ‘Veneziani per scelta - I racconti di chi ha deciso di vivere in laguna’ by Caterina Falomo and Manuela Pivato, with a preface by...
November 13, 2012 THE PLAN TO MAKE ST MARK’S SQUARE WATER RESISTANT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN UP AGAIN In the light of the last exceptionally high tide to hit Venice, the Associazione Piazza San Marco, through its president, Alberto Nardi, has reaffirmed the need to act...
November 12, 2012 AN UMPTEENTH, NOT VERY ‘AMUSING’, EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH TIDE Another difficult day for Venice yesterday. The tide reached a maximum of 1.50 metres above the average sea level, submerging almost 70% of the city. The lowest parts of the...
November 10, 2012 THE ORNAGHI DIRECTIVE ON DECORUM PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL GAZZETTE As anticipated in a previous report, the Minister of Culture Lorenzo Ornaghi’s official directive on decorum was published in the official Gazzette yesterday. The...
November 1, 2012 EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH TIDE FLOODS VENICE AND ITS SQUARE The exceptionally high tides give no let-up to the city in this particular period. Early Thursday morning, at 1.40 am, a peak of 1.43 metres above the average sea level was...