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St Mark's

St Mark's

St Mark's facade mosaic: Stealing St Mark's body

Tretrarchs in corner of St Mark's (originals?)

Tetrarchs

St Mark's interior

St Mark's interior

St Mark's interior

St Mark's altarpiece

Tetrarchs in St Mark's Museum (casts?)

St Mark's Museum: The Quadriga

St Mark's Museum: The Quadriga

St Mark's mosaic

"Chalice of the Patriarchs" Byzantium 10-11th c.

"Chalice of the Roman Emperor" Sardonyx. Stonework ~1st c. Metalwork Byzanium 10th c.

Another "Chalice of the Roman Emperor" Sardonyx ~4th c. Metalwork Byzanium 10th c.

St Mark's Square

Campanille view: St Mark's Square

Campanille view: Doge's Palace

Campanille view: St Mark's domes

Campanille

Campanille

St Mark's Square, from St Mark's Loggia

Piazetta San Marco, from St Mark's Loggia

St Mark's column, from St Mark's Loggia

Lion of St mark, from St Mark's Loggia

St George column, from St Mark's Loggia

St Mark column + Campanille

Mild flooding in St Mark's Square

Boardwalk into St Mark's

St Mark's Piazzetta meets the Grand Canal

Doge's Palace

Doge's Palace

Doge's palace entrance + Tetrarchs

Doge's Palace Entrance

Slot for secret denunciations

Doge's Palace: Sal de Senato

Doge's Palace: Armoury Room

Doge's Palace: Sala del Maggior Consiglio

Doge's Palace: Lion of St Mark

Doge's Palace

Herri met de Bles, "Inferno" (detail)

Doge's Palace: Prison

The Bridge of Sighs, from the North

Around Venice

Campanille view

Santa Maria della Salute, from the Westin

The Arsenal

The Arsenal

Gallerie dell’Academia

Gallerie dell’Academia

Gallerie dell’Academia

The Grand Canal

Westin Europa-Regina

Grand Canal

Grand Canal

The Bridge on the Rialto

Grand Canal

Grand Canal

Grand Canal

Trieste

21 miles NW of Trieste, looking North

Piazza dell'Unità d'Italia

Piazza dell'Unità d'Italia

Piazza dell'Unita d'Italia

Roman Theater (restored brick seating)

Orthodox Church

Divo Antonio Thaumaturgo (Church of St Anthony the Miracle-Worker)

Arco di Riccardo (~33 BC)

Arco di Riccardo (~33 BC)

Trieste Castle

Trieste Castle

Trieste Castle

Monument to "War of Liberation” of 1915-18

San Giusto

Basilica di San Giusto (12-14th c, on 5th c. site)

San Giusto

San Giusto: Barbi family reliefs (1st c.)

San Giusto

San Giusto: Modern altar mosaic

San Giusto: 14th c (?) mosaic

San Giusto: 14th c (?) mosaic

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