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The Patriarchal Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark (Italian: Basilica Cattedrale Patriarcale di San Marco), commonly known as St Mark's Basilica (Italian: Basilica di San Marco; Venetian: Baxéłega de San Marco), is the cathedral church of the Patriarchate of Venice; it became the episcopal seat of the Patriarch of Venice in 1807, replacing the earlier cathedral of San Pietro di Castello.
Like St Mark's Basilica, the architecture of the houses shows a Byzantine influence. They include the Ca' Farsetti , Ca' da Mosto , Ca' Loredan , and the Fondaco dei Turchi . Fondaco dei Turchi was built as a private palace for the wealthy Pesaro family and, like the other palazzi along the Grand Canal, was designed to facilitate business, with ...
Saint Mark was martyred and initially buried in the Baucalis section of Alexandria in Roman Egypt.Coptic theologian Abu al-Barakat Ibn Kabar wrote that "his martyrdom was at the end of Baramuda, Nisan 27, in the reign of Tiberius, and it is said that [his body] was still buried in the eastern church on the shore of Alexandria up to the time when it was taken by craft by some Franks (al-Farang ...
The later high wooden outer domes with lead roofing and cupolas were added to St. Mark's Basilica between 1210 and 1270, allowing the church to be seen from a great distance. [80] In addition to allowing for a more imposing exterior, building two distinct shells in a dome improved weather protection. It was a rare practice before the 11th ...
In 1256, the city municipality of Gradec received the right to hold Mark's annual fair, so it follows that there was already a church then. Church of St. Mark is located in the middle of the square, from which the streets are properly separated, so it can be seen that the city was founded according to the plan – all at once. (A. Horvat).
St Mark's Basilica (Italian: Basilica di San Marco in Venezia) is the most famous of the churches of Venice and one of the best known examples of Byzantine architecture. Русский: Венеция, Италия.
The basilica's interior. Saint Mark is a three-aisled basilica type of church. On the interior, its dimensions are 32 x 15,6 metres in the south and west side, while the north and east sides are longer by thirty centimetres. Kostas Lassithiotakis has theorized that this asymmetry is due to the various reconstructions of the northern wall. [19]
San Marco is a minor basilica in Rome dedicated to Saint Mark the Evangelist located in the small Piazza di San Marco adjoining Piazza Venezia. It was first built in 336 by Pope Mark, whose remains are in an urn located below the main altar. The basilica is the national church of Venice in Rome.