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 |
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San Marco Mosaic - partial view of the Twelve Apostles (Simon, Thaddeus, Jacob) with angles and lilies |
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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A rare painting on a small cupola rather than a mosaic, St. Mark's |
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 |
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Hotel Savoia & Jolanda, Riva degli Schiavoni, Venice |
Hotel Londra Palace and Vittorio Emanuele II Monument, Riva degli Schiavoni |