St Marks Cathedral Venice - Italy
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St Marks Cathedral in the square Venice
Waymark Code: WM3337
Location: Veneto, Italy
Date Posted: 02/02/2008
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The exterior of the basilica is divided in three registers: lower, upper, domes. In the lower register of the façade five round-arched portals, enveloped by polychrome marble columns, open into the narthex through bronze-fashioned doors. Above the central door round three bas-relief cycles of Romanesque art. The external cycle frames a 19th century gilded mosaic (Last Judgment) that replaced a damaged one with the same subject (during the centuries many mosaics had to be replaced inside and outside the basilica, but subjects were never changed).
Location of the Steeple: Cathedral St Marks Square Venice, Italy none
Approximate Date of Construction: 1089c
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