Nevertheless, for Contarini, a lawmaker and diplomat, his beloved Republic of Venice offered an alternative: a dazzling and enduring model of self-government.

Venice’s role in the 1204 sack of Constantinople, led by Latin forces, solidified its independence as a sovereign republic, coinciding with the rise of powerful republican city-states across Italy.

MILAN (AP) — Venice city officials said Friday that the day-tripper tax netted 2.4 million euros ($2.6 million) during a test phase this summer, and that decisions on how to proceed would be ...

ROME (AP) — Venice will extend its day-tripper tax through next year, increasing the number of days on which tourists have to pay to enter the city and doubling the fee to 10 euros ($10.80) for ...

Venice puzzled foreign observers during the old regime, for the government was neither monarchy nor democracy nor, exactly, an aristocracy. Venice, never a feudal culture, was a businessman’s ...

Venice isn’t just dealing with too many visitors. It also has major issues from depopulation, and rising sea levels. But some locals won’t stop trying to change things for the better as they ...

For 400 years, the Eastern Mediterranean was the domain of two great powers: the Republic of Venice and the Ottoman Empire. As rivals, they fought seven different wars, but in peacetime they ...