
1) Map of Basilica di San Marco and Piazza [37]
2) Basilica di San Marco Facade [441]
3) St. Mark's Cahedral Rooftop View [105]
4) San Marco Exterior View [74]
5) Mosaics - 'Body of St Mark leaving Alexandria' [159]
6) Mosaic by Pietro Vecchia [119]
7) Exterior Mosaics - 'Journey of Mark's body to Venice' [80]
8) Exterior Mosaics -'Arrival of St Mark's body in Venice' by Pietro della Vecchia [69]
9) Exterior Doorway [46]
10) Exterior Mosaics - 'Doge and Venice's heads of State Pay Respects to St. Mark' [93]
11) Exterior Mosaics - Foreigners [45]
12) Exterior Mosaics - Doges' Entourage [22]
13) Exterior 13th century Mosaics - Portal of St. Alipio [110]
14) Exterior Mosaics - 13th Century image of San Marco [214]
15) Exterior Mosaics - 'Christ in Glory' by Lattanzio Querena [44]
16) Exterior Main Door [73]
17) Horses of San Marco Constantinople 1204 [320]
18) Portal Decorations [71]
19) Portal Decorations - Marco Polo [87]
20) Portal Decorations - Female Rides a Serpent [59]
21) Portal Decorations - Female Astride a Lion [76]
22) Portal Decorations - Man Astride an Ox [45]
23) Portal Decorations - Man's Labors During Each Month of the Year [113]
24) Portal Decorations - March - April - May [108]
25) Portal Decorations - In June a Man Cuts Wheat [47]
26) Portal Decorations - Virgo - Libra [114]
27) Portal Decorations - September - Harvested Grapes [77]
28) Portal Decorations - November - Fowler Catches Birds [174]
29) Upper Facade - Gothic Crown of the Basilica [107]
30) Upper Facade - Water-Giving Figures [70]
31) Upper Facade - 'Descent into Limbo' Mosaic [61]
32) Upper Facade - 'Christ's Resurrection' Mosaic [83]
33) Upper Facade - 'The Ascension' Mosaic by Maffeo Verona [107]
34) Upper Facade - 'Peace be to you Mark, my evangelist. Be at rest here.' [60]
35) South Wall - 'Porta da Mar' [58]
36) Four Tetrarchs Sculpture 4th Century [187]
37) North Facade [71]
38) North Facade - 10th Century pulpit [37]
39) North Facade - St. Mark [17]
40) St. Mark's Cathedral - North Facade - Twelve Lambs [47]
41) North Facade - 'Flower Gate' Entrance [19]
42) North Facade - 'Flower Gate' [35]
43) North Façade [15]
44) North Facade - 'Virgin Mary' [24]
45) North Facade - Well-Head [29]
46) Little Lions Square [56]
47) Daniel Manin's Tomb [125]
48) Patriarch's Palace [32]
49) San Basso Church by Baldassare Longhena [66]
50) View of Piazza San Marco [17]
51) Piazza San Marco - Procurators Quarters [125]
52) Piazza San Marco - 'Procuratori de supra, di citra, and di ultra' [169]
53) Piazza San Marco [166]
54) Piazza San Marco [177]
55) Torre dell'Orologio - ‘St Mark's Clock Tower’ - ‘Moors' Clock Tower’ [441]
56) Torre dell'Orologio - 'The Moors' - Lion of San Marco' [155]
57) Torre dell'Orologio - Astrological Clock - Doge Agostino Barbarigo [294]
58) The Campanile - Bell-Tower - 1902 [166]
59) The Campanile Bells - 'Marangona' - 'la Trotteria' - 'La Nona' - 'Middle Third' - 'Bad One' [133]
60) The Loggetta designed by Jacopo Sansovino [68]
61) The Loggetta - Figures of Minerva, Apollo, Mercury, and Peace [152]
62) The Piazzetta - 'little plaza' [103]
63) Piazza View - Cafe Florian [175]
64) Exterior View - Doge Pietro Candiano IV [275]
65) Atrium - Narthex - Main Entrance Door [176]
66) Western Narthex - Dome of Abraham [42]
67) Genesis Series Mosaics - Creation Dome Mosaics [923]
68) Genesis Series Mosaics - Dome of Abraham Mosaic [435]
69) Genesis Series Mosaics - Dome of Joseph Mosaics [406]
70) North Narthex - 'Flower Gate' Door [53]
71) Genesis Mosaic Series - Second Dome of Joseph Mosaics [437]
72) Genesis Series Mosaics - Third Dome of Joseph [251]
73) Genesis Series Mosaics - Moses Dome Mosaics [263]
74) Interior Nave [157]
75) Floor Tiles - Opus Ssectile [218]
76) Floor Tiles - Opus Tessellatum [148]
77) San Marco - Interior Nave [127]
78) Dome Mosaics 12th and 13th Centuries [414]
79) Christ - Pantocrator - 'the Almighty' - Mosaic [74]
80) St. Ecclia Mosaic [84]
81) Mosaics of St. James and St. Philip [116]
82) Mosaic of Christ [57]
83) Mosiacs of St. John and St. Andrew [99]
84) Iconostasis [163]
85) Mosaics behind Altar [174]
86) Emmanuel Dome [207]
87) Baldachin Alabaster Columns [94]
88) Alabaster Columns 692 AD [97]
89) Alabaster Column [53]
90) St. Mark's Sarcophagus- Baldachin [171]
91) Crypt - St. Mark’s body [98]
92) The 'Pala d'Oro' [274]
93) 'Pala d'Oro' - Dodge Ordelaffo Falier - Empress Irene [106]
94) Small Altar of the Sacrament [54]
95) Small Altar of the Sacrament [19]
96) Small Altar of the Sacrament [75]
97) Upper Chancel View [57]
98) Transept Looking South [80]
99) 'Dome of the Ascension' 12th Century [163]
100) 'Dome of the Ascension' - Christ Mosaic [19]
101) St. Matthew the Evangelist Mosaic - Ascension Dome [67]
102) St. Matthew the Evangelist Mosaic - Ascension Dome [69]
103) St.. Luke the Evangelist Mosaic - Ascension Dome [70]
104) St. Mark the Evangelist Mosaic - Ascension Dome [61]
105) Scenes from the Life of Christ Mosaics [75]
106) The Dome of the Pentecost [198]
107) The Dome of the Pentecost [69]
108) Hermit Saints Hilary & Paul Mosaics [90]
109) Stone Pulpit [84]
110) Dome of St. Leonard [34]
111) Left of the Chancel [74]
112) 'Altar of St. Paul' - Doge Cristoforo Moro [48]
113) Chapel of St. Peter [116]
114) Tabernacle Cupboard [79]
115) Madonna of Nicopeia [52]
116) Madonna of Nicopeia [36]
117) Dome of St. John the Evangelist [140]
118) Dome of St. John the Evangelist [92]
119) Vaults Near St. John the Evangelist [219]
120) Chapel of St. Isidore [116]
121) Upper Bays [25]
122) Chapel of the Madonna dei Mascoli [141]
123) Chapel of the Madonna dei Mascoli - Doge Francesco Foscari [152]
124) Mascoli Chapel Ceiling Mosaics [192]
125) Mazoli Chapel Ceiling Mosaics [91]
126) Nave View with Details [216]
127) North View from Right Transept [10]
128) ‘Tree of Jesse' Mosaic [154]
129) Chapel of St. Clement - architrave decorated by Jacobello and Pier Paolo dalle Masegne [80]
130) Chapel of St. Clement [130]
131) Altar of San Giacomo [53]
132) Altar of the Sacrament [104]
133) Mosaics, Miracles of Christ [129]
134) Byzantine Virgin Bas-Relief [63]
135) 'Arch of the Apocalypse' by Palma Il Giovane [184]
136) 'Arch of Paradise' - designed by L'Aliense [114]
137) 'Christ Between the Virgin and St. John the Baptist' Mosiac [105]
138) Arch of hte Apololypse 'Apostles and Angels' Mosaic - 'Souls of the Damned in Hell' Mosaic [72]
139) Piazza and Campanile [76]
140) San Marco at Night [37]
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San Marco & Piazza - Venice, Italy Exterior Doorway |
| The Gothic carvings and quatrefoil designs of this portal and windows contrasts sharply with the more naturalistic and newer mosaic above. Yet such juxtapositions are one of the things that make the church so interesting, and can train one's eye to recognize different styles of art. |
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