Basilica di San Marco
The Basilica di San Marco, built between 1050 and 1094, was the Capella palatina of the Doge’s Palace, and the private chapel of the doge.
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Translatio Marci Evangelistae Venetias (English)
This document is the earliest description of the translation of St Mark to Venice in 827–828, and also of early Venice. This is a translation by René Seindal.
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Tombs of the doges
Where were the doges of Venice buried? A little bit all over, in churches and monasteries in Venice and beyond.
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An Englishman in Venice — the diary of John Evelyn (1645)
Excerpts of the diary of the English gentleman John Evelyn from May 1645 to March 1646, covering his stay in Venice and Padua.
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Doge — Lessico Veneto
“Doge” from the Lessico Veneto (1851) by Fabio Mutinelli, translated by René Seindal.
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Churches in Venice
List of all churches Venice — consecrated, deconsecrated and demolished.
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Sestiere San Marco
The Sestiere San Marco is the central part of the city, bounded by the Grand Canal on three sides and a line from the Rialto to the Doge’s Palace on the last. It is one of the smallest of the sestieri, but probably the most important. The vicinity to the economic centre at Rialto and…
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List of fires in Venice
Fires were a very real preoccupation of the Venetians, and there have been many fires in Venice over the centuries
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Why the winged lion?
There are statues, reliefs and paintings of a winged lion all over Venice. The lion is the symbol of the Evangelist St. Mark