San Marco

Entering St. Mark's Square from the gondola landing	Campanile, Piazza San Marco, Venezia	Bell Tower, St. Mark's Square, Venice	The Campanile is 99m tall
The Campanile of Venice	The Campanile of Venice collapsed in 1902 and was rebuilt by 1912 following the original 1514 design	Campanile of St. Mark's, Venice	The Lion of St. Mark on the Campanile of Venice
Campanile and Column of St. Mark brought to Venice in 1172	St. Mark's Clocktower, 1499	Torre dell'Orologio, Piazza San Marco, Venezia	St. Mark's Clocktower on St. Mark's Square
The symbol of Venice, the Lion of St. Mark	The 1499 clock of St. Mark's Clocktower, Venice	St. Mark's Basilica and the Doge's Palace, Piazzetta San Marco	The Campanile, St. Mark's Square
St. Mark's Square, the heart of Venice, seen from an upper floor of the Procuratie Nuove	St. Mark's Clocktower, Venice	Al fresco café on St. Mark's Square, Venice	Bronze base of pole in St. Mark's Square, one of a pair
Procuratie Vecchie on the north side of St. Mark's Square, 16th Century	Café Florian in the arcade of the Procuratie Nuove, St. Mark's Square	The famous pigeons of St. Mark's Square (supposedly winged rats to Venetians)	The domes of St. Mark's Basilica, Piazza San Marco, Venice
Column with the Lion of St. Mark and the tower of San Giorgio Maggiore	The Lion of St. Mark on top of the column "Marco" marking the gate to Venice, Piazzetta San Marco	St. Mark's Column, Venice, 1172	Saint Teodoro of Amasea - "Santodaro" - standing on the sacred crocodile of Egypt
Saint Teodoro of Amasea on a column, Piazzetta San Marco	St. Mark's Basilica western façade on Piazza San Marco, Venice	Basilica di San Marco a Venezia, main portal and western façade	15th C. Statue of St. Mark over the central arch of the Basilica
St. Mark's Basilica was built from 978-1063 on the site of an older church dating from 832 AD	St. Mark's Basilica, Venice	Cross on top of the main dome with the statue of St. Mark	St. Mark's Basilica, Venice
Western façade of St. Mark's Basilica	Basilica di San Marco, Venezia	San Marco Mosaic - The Last Judgement over the main portal of western façade, 1836, by L. Querena	San Marco Mosaic - The Last Judgement over the main portal of western façade, 1836, by L. Querena
San Marco Mosaic - The Last Judgement over the main portal of western façade, 1836, by L. Querena	San Marco Mosaic - figure on the right side of The Last Judgement over the main portal, 1836	San Marco Mosaic - The procession bringing St. Mark's relics to the Basilica, above St. Alipius' Gate	San Marco Mosaic - The procession bringing St. Mark's relics to the Basilica, above St. Alipius' Gate
San Marco Mosaic - The Deposition from the Cross, western façade lunette above the Portal of St. Alipius	San Marco Mosaic - The Deposition from the Cross, western façade lunette above the Portal of St. Alipius	San Marco Mosaic - Moses, Adam and Eve withness the Resurrection of Christ (who is the crowned figure?)	San Marco Mosaic - Moses, Adam and Eve withness the Resurrection of Christ, western façade lunette
San Marco Mosaic - western façade lunette	San Marco Mosaic - western façade lunette over the Portal of St.	San Marco Mosaic, façade above the right portal - The Recovery of St. Mark's body in Alexandria in 828 AD	San Marco Mosaic, façade - The arrival of St. Mark's body in Venice, above St. Clement's Gate
San Marco Mosaic, façade - the Doge and people of Venice receive the body of St. Mark, above St. Peter's Gate	San Marco Mosaic, façade - the Doge and people of Venice receive the body of St. Mark, above St. Peter's Gate	San Marcos Mosaics - St. Mark in ligurgical clothes in the semidome over the main portal, niches contain Apostles & Virgin	San Marco mosaics - Lower niches with the evangelist St. Luke
San Marco mosaics - Lower niches with the evangelist St. John	Grand interior of St. Mark's Basilica gives an idea of what the splendor that the Haigia Sophia must have had	San Marco Mosaics - The Pentecost Cupola with the 12 Apostles	San Marco Mosaics - Angel on the spandrel beneath the Pentecost Cupola
San Marco Mosaic - The refusal of Joachim's sacrifice from the stories of the Virgin, southern transcept, western vault	San Marco Mosaic - (bottom) Joachim's lamentation, the announcements to the shepherds, Joachim and Anna at the golden door	San Marco Mosaic - San Bernadino (St. Bernard, Bernardinus)	San Marco Mosaic - San Antonio (St. Anthony, Antonius)
The tessellated floor of the south transept of St. Mark's Basilica	San Marco Mosaics - Christ Pantocrator on the Apse bowl-vault	San Marco Mosaics - Christ Pantocrator on the Apse, 1506	St. Mark's Basilica - the Pala d'Oro
St. Mark's Basilica - the Pala d'Oro, Christ Pantocrator	Presbytery behind the high altar of St. Mark's	The relics of St. Mark in the high altar of St. Mark's Basilica	The relics of St. Mark in the high altar of St. Mark's Basilica
High altar, Basilica di San Marco	High altar, Basilica di San Marco	High altar of St. Mark's Basilica	San Marco Mosaics - Cupola of the Prophets
San Marco Mosaics - Cupola of the Prophets	Iconostasis of St. Mark's Basilica, Venice	Cross on the iconostasis of St. Mark's Basilica	Cross on the iconostasis of St. Mark's Basilica
San Marco Mosaics - The Ascension Cupola from in front of the main altar, St. Mark's Basilica	San Marco Mosaics - The Ascension Cupola, the central cupula dating from the 12th Century	San Marco Mosaics - The Ascension Cupola, Christ seated on a rainbow drawn to Heaven by 4 angels	Pulpit to the left of the High Altar, St. Mark's Basilica
Looking above the iconostasis at the Cupola of the Ascencion and the Cupula of the Prophets	Opus sectile floor tile tecnique using red porphiry and green serpentine between the north transept and main nave	A small chapel at St. Mark's	View from the terrace of St. Mark's of the Clock Tower of St. Mark's with one of the four bronze Greek horses (replica)
Clock Tower of St. Mark's with a bronze Greek horse	Clock Tower and Piazza San Marco from the Basilica terrace	View of Piazza San Marco (St. Mark's Square) from the portico of St. Mark's Basilica	Lion of St. Mark on the Clock Tower in front of a field of blue stars
The column of St. Mark with the white façade of San Giorgio Maggiore across the Bacino di San Marco	Statue above one of the lunettes, St. Mark's Basilica	One of the Triumphal Quadriga (Horses of St. Mark) - modern replica	The original 4th C. BC Greek bronze horses, the Triumphal Quadriga, displayed on the upper gallery of St. Mark's Basilica
View of the nave from the upper gallery of St. Mark's Basilica, Venice	San Marco Mosaic - 839.jpg	San Marco Mosaic - 850.jpg	San Marco Mosaic - 851.jpg
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San Marco Mosaic - the Vault of Heaven: Christ between the Virgin and St. John the Baptist	San Marco Mosaic - The Apocalypse and Last Judement Vault, Hell	San Marco Mosaic - The Apocalypse and Last Judement Vault, Heaven	San Marco Mosaic - The Slaughter of the Innocents
San Marco Mosaic - The Slaughter of the Innocents	The Atrium of St. Mark's Basilica	San Marco Mosaic - Atrium, Abraham's cupola	San Marco Mosaic - Abraham's cupola, the birth of Ishmael and the conversation between Agar and the angel
San Marco Mosaics - Atrium, First Cupola of Joseph where he is taken to Egypt	San Marco Mosaics - Atrium, First Cupola of Joseph where he is taken out of the cistern	San Marco Mosaics - Atrium, First Cupola of Joseph, the brothers' banquet	San Marco Mosaics - Atrium, Second Cupola of Joseph
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Rehearsal for a major concert, Piazza San Marco, Sept 2007	Postage Stamps from San Marino in a shop window on St. Mark's Square, Venice	The exterior of one of the cupolas of St. Mark's Basilica	Nude statues, St. Mark's Square
Bronze nude in a niche, St. Mark's Square	The Doge's Palace adjoining St. Mark's Basilica	Relief carving Hercules with the hind of Cerynea and the hydra of Lerna, west façade of St. Mark's Basilica	Sculpture of the Right River on the west façade of St. Mark's Basilica
Boat dock at the Molo adjacent to Piazzetto San Marco	Venetian gondola padding up to the Molo	Venetian gondolier	Venetian gondola tied up at the Molo, Basin of San Marco
A pair of gondolas in front of the Doge's Palace	A pair of gondolas in front of the Doge's Palace	Gondolas tied up along the Molo in front of the Doge's Palace, Venice	A pair of gondolas in front of the Doge's Palace
MS Costa Mediterranea sailing past the Doge's Palace with San Giorgio Maggiore in the background	MS Costa Mediterranea sailing past the Doge's Palace with San Giorgio Maggiore in the background	MS Costa Mediterranea dwarfing Venice	Venetian gondolas at the Molo, Piazzetta di San Marco
St. Mark’s Square at night	St. Mark’s Square at night	St. Mark’s Square at night	St. Mark’s Square at night
St. Mark’s Square at night	Lion of Venice, St. Mark’s Square at night	San Marco Mosaic - The Last Judgement over the main portal of western façade, 1836, by L. Querena	Mosaic, St Mark’s Basilica
The Campanile, St. Mark's Square	Max near the Doge’s Palace, Venice	Italy I May18 0571.jpg	Venice Jul18 031.jpg
Hotel Savoia & Jolanda, Riva degli Schiavoni, Venice	Hotel Londra Palace and Vittorio Emanuele II Monument, Riva degli Schiavoni