SMS campaign to save Venice

Venice is continuing its drive to help save the city's art heritage by receiving SMS and Internet funding, reports Ansa.it.

The campaign, launched last year, is dubbed SMS, which also stands for Save St Mark's.

Visitors to the www.venezia.net website can click on a 'digital' tile of Palazzo Ducale to contribute to the city's upkeep.

This year's goals are to restore the city's famed Rialto Bridge and three historic churches: San Giorgio Maggiore, San Giuseppe and the Chiesa dei Gesuiti, as well as the Scuola di San Rocco with its famed Tintoretto paintings.

Last year, SMS saw concerts by Momix, Joan Baez and Elton John, who has a house in Venice. The high spot of this year's SMS campaign will be a Simple Minds concert in St Mark's in July, organisers said Friday.

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