The Bell Tower of St. Mark in Venice has reopened to the public, just in time for the culmination of Carnival on 'Fat Tuesday ...

Its tower is affectionally known as "Alter Peter ... The remains of the catacomb saint, who lived in Rome around 250, arrived Munich as a gift in the 17th century. St. Peter's Church is closely ...

Moving, perhaps. But the symbolism is heavy-handed: the Twin Towers, once a monument to a unipolar world that no longer exists, barbarically destroyed and then rendered into words about the founding ...