Facade of St Mark's Basilica, Venice, Italy getty Venice’s fragile St Mark’s Basilica is to begin charging for tourist visits in a desperate bid to raise money for repairs and restoration.

Sitting at Venice’s lowest spot, St. Mark’s Basilica offers a unique position to monitor the impact of rising seas on the city.

In St Mark's Basilica, Venice's iconic 900-year-old church, the salty water has caused irreparable damage.

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Pope Francis will celebrate Mass in St. Mark’s Square this Sunday in Venice and then privately venerate the relics of St. Mark the Evangelist inside the basilica.

There will be three days of public viewing at St. Peter's Basilica to allow the public to grieve the 88-year-old Pope Francis, who died Monday after suffering a stroke.

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.

VENICE, Italy — “Every stone is a treasure,” says the technical director of St. Mark’s Basilica’s vestry board, indicating the prized gold-leaf mosaics overhead, the inlaid stone ...

A view of a floor during a high waters flooded inside the St. Mark's Basilica in Venice, Italy, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019. Still invisible to the naked eye and the casual visitors, recent flood damage to ...

On Oct. 8, 1094, St. Mark’s Basilica was consecrated and dedicated to the apostle and saint credited by many to be the writer of the Gospel of Mark.