Two of its carved pillars to this day sit in St. Mark's Basilica in Venice. The church was built over during the time the Ottoman Empire had control of the city. Due to much of its structure still ...

One of the most ancient churches of Venice, a Byzantine basilica established in the year 639, counts among the 60 churches damaged in three exceptional floods last week, officials said Tuesday.

The 17th-century church of Santa Maria della Salute, for example, required more than 1 million poles. Venice sits on an invisible forest. Throughout most of its history, Venice’s watery location ...

Santa Maria della Salute is one of Venice's best known monuments and the masterpiece of its architect, Baldassare Longhena. In this study of the church, Andrew Hopkins provides new documentation and ...