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San Marco & Piazza Tour

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

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Exterior Doorway -- San Marco & Piazza, Venice, Italy
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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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