St Mark’s Basilica in Venice was damaged by Monday’s exceptionally high acqua alta in the lagoon city, the First Procurator of St Mark’s, Carlo Alberto Tesserin, said Tuesday.
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| The water, which reached 156 centimetres in the lagoon, reached 90 centimetres above the mosaic floor of the Narthex, bathing the monumental Byzantine bronze doors, the columns, the marbles [Credit: Corriere Della Sera] |
The high water submerged some tens of square metres of the thousand-year-old marble mosaic floor opposite the altar of the Madonna Nicopeia and completely inundated the Baptistery and the Zen Chapel, he said.
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| The high water of the lagoon also flooded the main body of the Basilica of San Marco in Venice, bathing a few dozen square metres of the millennial marble mosaic floor in front of the altar of the Madonna Nicopeia and completely flooding the Baptistery and the Zen Chapel [Credit: Corriere Della Sera] |
The water reached a depth of 90 centimetres above the mosaic flooring of the Narthex, washing up against the monumental Byzantine doors, the columns and the marbles, he said.
Please make sure that the Byzantine perishable treasures are kept safe. Please.
Shades of things to come.
So sad.