Venice flood damage to St. Mark's Cathedral totals millions.
Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.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 pavement and the marble clad walls of the 923-year-old masterpiece.Constructed atop two previous churches on a site that early Venetians believed was among the most secure in the Canal City, St.
‘’Someone who comes to Venice to see the high water, and who goes to St. Mark’s Square the next day, sees tables in the square, says, ‘Hey, look, the orchestra is playing. Nothing is wrong here.’ While, in reality, what is hidden, is everything we have verified in these days,’’ said Tesserin, who submitted the damage estimate earlier this month to city and national officials.
‘’It was the first time that I was truly afraid,’’ said Giuseppe Maneschi, the vestry board technical director. The assault was three-pronged: Water was entering from the piazza, through the narthex; from the crypt windows, while also pushing up from below the Basilica. Maneschi worked with others to move precious objects, like a standing crucifix, higher.
‘’’Even at a height of 12 meters , we have salt that comes out, that crystallizes,’’ Maneschi said. ‘’The disaster is inside, where we cannot see. But we can monitor with new technology.’’ Tesserin said that they believe the water flooding in from the crypt windows was actually a blessing in disguise, creating pressure that prevented the lagoon rising beneath the Basilica from shattering those concrete barriers, called ‘’vasca,’’ or Italian for ‘’tub.’’
It may seem crazy to a modern eye that such a precious Basilica was established at Venice’s lowest point. The piazza outside floods at 80 centimeters , and water passes the narthex into the church at 88 centimeters , floods the Zen Chapel at 1.2 meters and the baptistery goes under at 1.3 meters.
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