San Marco Basilica

Well, it is always open inside. In February there was some scaffolding on the upper of one side.
All of these ancient monuments in Europe take a lot of repair to keep them up to snuff. At any given time, some major sight will be covered in scaffolding, usually with the covering screen painted to look like the building behind it. It is par for the course.

Webcams would show the current situation. It is hard to find a full-on picture of the basilica, but this one is close:

http://93.62.201.235/maree/WEBCAM/smarcoweb2.jpg

This one shows a better view of the right side of the façade:

http://www.camhotelconcordia.com

I was there a week ago. Upper right is st. Marks is covered in a skrim and scaffolding.

Thank you.

And various parts of the façade have been covered for several years. Go anyway. You're not going to be able to escape scaffolding in areas with monuments that need maintenance.

Sherry is right, Lots of sights are covered in much more scaffolding than St Marks. Trevi fountain and the church at the top of the Spanish steps come to mind.

The scaffolding was not that disruptive on St marks. In fact, when I ready your question I thought "there is no scaffolding on St marks" last week. But I went to look at the pictures, and alas there was!

Silly, I know, but I have a thing for the tops of buildings after climbing and running around on them all in Assassins Creed.

I saw San Marco with a fair bit of scaffolding on it, but there were still visitors walking around upstairs.
With part of the overall view obscured, I found myself concentrating on details of the exterior more than I might have otherwise. And of course we don't want the place to fall down!

Really cool that we can go on the roof! Can't wait To get there!

It was my third trip to Venice before I saw the Bridge of Sighs in all it's uncovered glory! And first time to Rome saw Trevi and last year it was covered. Missed the Fountain of the four rivers in Rome first time, got to see it last year...there always seems to be something undergoing restoration. And yes, def pay the extra to go up above in San Marco - and don't miss the interesting 'museum' I guess you would call it up at the top - I found it quite interesting...see the original bronze horses in all their glory

Haha! Catherine, we are including certain places in our planning just because of Assassin's Creed! My husband loves that game!

It really is amazing how well they have recreated the cities. We have been watching all Rick's videos and everything else we can find. Little has changed since the 1400s. My husband and I both love the game. We are calling our trip the Assasins Creed Pilgrimage to Italy. While watching You Tube videos we found that someone has actually made an awesome series called just that. They intersperse the trip with clips from the game and compare the cities today with the game setting. Monteriggioni does not have the villa or anything remotely similar. That's a little disappointment, but most of the cities in the game are true to life.

I am evev more into the game than my husband and I am 70 years old. I don't think I look more than about 60, but how many women my age get into those games? I know i'll have the urge to scramble up all the churches and towers just like Ezio!

And by the way, Rick even mentions the game in his latest book on Florence and Tuscany 2015, page 694. I wonder if he plays it, too. Guess I should look up Leonardo da Vinci while I'm there...smile

Was watching the 1979 film A Little Romance last night, part of which was shot in Piazza San Marco. And, sure enough, there was scaffolding covering part of the basilica.