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St
Marks Church
St Marks Church or The Basilica di San Marco, Venice's most famous
church, was built in 830 to house the body of St. Mark. One of
the most elaborate Basilica's ever built and a great example of
the fusion between East and West, the architecture of the Byzantium
basilica reflects a decidedly eastern model and is laid out in
the shape of a Greek cross and topped by five beautiful domes.
Every inch from the outside and through the inside is decorated
from the replicas of the Bronze Horses on the roof, to the gold
laid interior mosaics and masterpieces by Titian and Tintoretto.
It is nigh on impossible to take it all in on one viewing.
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