1.4 MILLION EUROS ARRIVING FOR THE MARCIANA LIBRARY
A state allocation of 1.4 million euros over three years will allow a series of works to be carried out at the Marciana Library (in photo). This financing will allow the fire...
THE 2016 VENICE CARNIVAL READY TO GO: ST MARK’S SQUARE ONCE AGAIN THE MAIN STAGE OF THE FESTIVAL
The 2016 Venice Carnival starts tomorrow, dedicated to trades, culture and the city’s craftsmen, as both the mayor of Venice Luigi Brugnaro and the artistic director of...
2016 CARNIVAL AT ST MARK’S ‘IN SAFETY’
An operational meeting of the provincial committee for safety and order at the prefecture yesterday, in view of the 2016 Carnival, decided that the Square will be divided...
ACQUA ALTA RETURNS TO ST MARK’S SQUARE
The peak of the tide reached 114 centimetres above average sea level today in Venice, with the acqua alta phenomenon affecting about 15% of the city’s surface,...
THOUSANDS OF CANDLES FOR VALERIA SOLESIN
Almost 7000 people took part in the torchlight procession in St Mark’s Square to remember Valeria Solesin and make a strong signal against terrorism. A signal of peace and...
ST MARK’S BASILICA IS GETTING READY FOR THE HOLY YEAR
Some important works will be completed by 13 December, when the patriarch of Venice will open the Holy Door of the basilica on the occasion of the Holy Year of Mercy. This was...
Special meeting of the Association.
A special meeting of the Associazione Piazza San Marco took place at the Luna Hotel Baglioni on Thursday 22 October. The assembly began at 6 pm and was attended by 27 members...
THE DOGE’S PALACE HOSTS THE EXHIBITION “AQUA E CIBO A VENEZIA. STORIE DELLA LAGUNA E DELLA CITTA'”
The interesting exhibition entitled “AQUA E CIBO A VENEZIA. Storie della Laguna e della Città” was opened today at the Doge’s Palace in St Mark’s Square. The...
A ‘LIVING HEART’ FORMED IN ST MARK’S SQUARE
As an amazing sunset over the lagoon once again lit up the waters and historic buildings of Venice, thousands of Venetians formed a beautiful ‘Living Heart’ at around six...
TURNSTILES TO ACCESS ST MARK’S SQUARE
With the return of the fine weather these last days of August have again seen Venice and the St Mark’s area invaded by tourists, once again raising the question of...
ALBERTO NARDI IN THE NUOVA VENEZIA: FINE THOSE WHO BUY FROM ILLEGAL HAWKERS
The Associazione Piazza San Marco is once again the centre of attention in the local press. Today the Nuova Venezia looks again at the decline of St Mark’s Square in an...
LUIGI BRUGNARO: ST MARK’S SQUARE BY RESERVATION
The Nuova Venezia discusses this today in an article by Enrico Tantucci, but other papers have also anticipated the new Venice mayor’s idea: to make tourists book,...
LOCAL POLICE AGAINST THE ILLEGAL HAWKERS: CONFISCATIONS AND FINES IN THE ST MARK’S AREA
The local lagoon police acted yesterday in St Mark’s Square and its surrounds, as always crowded with numerous illegal hawkers, after many complaints made by the local...
MICHELLE OBAMA WITH HER DAUGHTERS IN ST MARK’S SQUARE
Michelle Obama with her two daughters and her mother visited St Mark’s Square, the Basilica and the Doge’s Palace on Friday 19 June in the late afternoon. The Obama women...
ST MARK’S BASIN COLOURED BY 8000 BOATS FOR THE VOGALONGA
An extraordinary spectacle was offered to the entire world this morning from St Mark’s Basin. More than 8000 people rowed for Venice on the occasion of the ‘Vogalonga...
THE NEW GUIDELINES FOR THE URBAN REORDERING OF VENICE WILL ALSO CONCERN ST MARK’S SQUARE
It is news from yesterday that the Venice city council - with the sub-commissioner Natalino Manno - and the Soprintendenza alle Belle arti e Paesaggio per Venezia e Laguna,...
The association meets the mayoral candidate Luigi Brugnaro
The Associazione Piazza San Marco met the mayoral candidate Luigi Brugnaro at the Caffè Florian before a large and attentive audience at 11 am. As in previous meetings with...
SEAGULL PROBLEM, LIPU ALSO THINKS PROMPT ACTION IS NECESSARY
The environmental association LIPU points out, as the Associazione Piazza San Marco has already done several times, that we are faced with an invasion of herring gulls in the...
EASTER’S HERE AND THE UNLICENSED HAWKERS CELEBRATE
The city is currently full of tourists making the most of the Easter holiday to visit Venice. St Mark’s Square is flooded with numerous tourists who have to cope with an...
RESTRICTED NUMBER FOR ST MARK’S SQUARE?
The proposal for a restricted number in St Mark’s Square and entrance only by reservation continues to arouse discussion among residents, tourists and the mass media....
