Authorities say the “Sophia” statue in downtown Venice was ripped from its mounts Thursday, May 18 around 4 a.m. by two men who slugged the innocent metal figure back to a nearby car.

Venice’s Paradise Program wants to bring a statue of Giordano Bruno to beachgoers, planting a statue of the 16th-century thinker along the Venice Beach Boardwalk, a move intended to bring more ...

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The massive statue has been a symbol of the Italian city since at least 1293 and is connected to the patron saint of Venice, Mark the Evangelist, often symbolized as a lion.

In Venice, a person is surrounded by gold. It clothes the statue of the archangel Gabriel atop the bell tower on St. Mark’s Square and glistens in the mosaics on the facade of St. Mark’s ...

It was already known that the statue predated Marco Polo and was transported to Venice in pieces, possibly by Polo’s father and uncle, Nicolò and Maffeo, who were in Beijing at the court of the ...

In 2014, the Sea Venice auction of 40 turtle and dolphin statues brought in almost $180,000 for the Venice Art Center. In 2006, the Pigs in Paradise auction of 40 pig statues brought in more than ...

One of the two stone lions that stand guard next to Venice's famed St. Mark's Basilica has been splashed with red paint. 24/7 Live Philadelphia Pennsylvania New Jersey Delaware Welcome, Mickey ...