San Giorgio Maggiore facade, and white and stone paved piazza, lone woman on cell phone in front of church, Venice, Italy

View of the Piazzetta at dawn, with one person sitting in the open cafe, empty yellow chairs, Clock Tower, and Basilica of San Marco, Venice, Italy

View of the Piazzetta at dawn, with one person sitting in the open cafe, empty yellow chairs, Clock Tower, and Basilica of San Marco, Venice, Italy

Man reading, crouched alongside building of San Giorgio Maggiore with basin of San Marco beyond, Venice, Italy

detail of facade of Scuola San Marco

San Marco Basilica, Piazza San Marco with tourists and flags flying, edge of Campanile visible

The Doge's Palace at dawn with empty Piazzetta, column with lion of San Marco, view to San Giorgio Maggiore beyond, Venice, Italy,

The Doge's Palace at dawn with empty Piazzetta, column with lion of San Marco, view to San Giorgio Maggiore beyond, Venice, Italy

Genoa Centro Storico: Duomo of San Lorenzo, facade detail with ornate marble columned entranceway, carved marble lion frontal view, with woman standing, Genova, Italy

Aqua Alta flooding in Piazza San Marco: desaturated image highlighting empty red and yellow chairs, and grey facade and loggia of the Procuratie behind, reflected in the water, Venice, Northern Italy

Aqua Alta flooding in Piazza San Marco: empty red and yellow chairs, and grey facade and loggia of the Procuratie behind, reflected in the water, Venice, Northern Italy

Aqua Alta flooding in Piazza San Marco: desaturated image highlighting empty yellow chairs, and grey facade and loggia of the Procuratie behind, reflected in the water, Venice, Northern Italy

Facade of Scuola San Marco, with person crossing piazza