Peaking at over 6 feet above sea level, last month's great tide was accompanied by wind gusts of up to 75 mph that pushed the waters even higher, flooding through the windows in St. Mark’s crypt ...

Officials in the city of Venice have proposed a plan to build a meter-high glass wall around St. Mark’s Basilica to prevent future flooding from damaging the 11th century building and the crypt ...

St. Mark's Basilica, the city's most recognizable and most visited and most loved church, ... We cleaned up all the flooded pavements. We take out the water from the crypt. However, ...

The crypt of St. Mark’s Basilica is left completely flooded Wednesday after Venice’s water levels hit the highest mark in more than 50 years. Tuesday, June 24, 2025.

"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 pavement and the marble clad ...

At St. Mark’s Basilica, Venice’s iconic Byzantine church, vicar Angelo Pagan rushed to move 17th-century pews and other precious objects clear of the water, but he looked on helplessly as the ...

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.

VENICE, Italy —The crypt of St. Mark’s Basilica was completely flooded last Wednesday, after Venice’s water levels hit the highest level in more than 50 years.