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Tour groups in Venice have been capped at a maximum size of 25 people while organisers have been prohibited from using loudspeakers or amplifiers to provide a running commentary.

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Venice will become the first city in the world to charge an entry fee for day-tripper tourists, aimed at reducing the number of short-stay visitors who cause congestion

Vibrant photos from the historic canals and narrow alleyways of the Italian city showed demonstrators with signs and banners expressing contempt towards the new policy

Massimo Cacciari says visitors already spend too much and shouldn’t also have to pay to get into Italian city

Tourists should refuse to pay the “absurd” €5 entrance fee to Venice when it is introduced on Thursday, the city’s former mayor said.

The artist’s perplexing paintings should be viewed not as mere visual puzzles, but instantiations of an occult philosophy.

The Italian composer’s self-styled ‘tragedy of listening’ has been restaged in the Venetian church where it premiered 40 years ago – an exercise in listening on the most profound level

The nomination of Buttafuoco represents a major win for Italy's far-right government, which wants more right-wingers in positions of power.

The UN's cultural agency, UNESCO, has stated that the iconic Italian city of Venice should be added to a list of world heritage sites in danger. This