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  • (6) Pietra del Bando - The "Stone of Banishment" at the southwest corner of the facade is a spoil of conquest; from this stump of... More
  • (7) Pilastri Acritani
  • (8) Sculpture of the Tetrarchs
  • (23) Cappella di San Clemente - Noteworthy features in the former chapel of the Doge are the dividing wall of columns (late 14th... More
  • (24) Altars di San Giacomo - The altar dates from 1617. In front of it is the place (marked by a mosaic in the floor) where the... More
  • (25) Passage to the Doges' Palace
  • (26) Entrance to the Treasury
  • (27) Tesoro (Treasury), with goldsmiths' work, etc. - The Treasury of the Basilica of St Mark is full of the precious objects... More
  • (28) Battistero (Baptistery) - The mosaics (14th century) on the ceiling of the Baptistery depict the sending out of the Apostles ... More
  • (29) Font dating from 1546
  • (30) Cappella Zen, named after Cardinal G. B. Zen (d. 1 501 ) - The chapel houses the tomb of Cardinal Giambattista Zen. The... More
  • (I) The Washing of the Feet, Temptation in the Wilderness
  • (K) St Leonaard
  • (L) Four miracles of Jesus
  • (1) Main portal
  • (2-5) Portal recesses
  • (9) Stairs up to the Museo Marciano - The Museum of San Marco (Museo Marciano) is entered by a small door near the main entrance... More
  • (10) Porta di San Pietro
  • (11) Porta dei Fiori
  • (12) Capitello del Crocifisso (Capital of the Cross)
  • (13) Romanesque stoup with angels (12th C.)
  • (14) Cappella della Madonna dei Mascoli
  • (15) Cappella di Sant'Isidoro
  • (16) Cappella della Madonna Nicopeia
  • (17) Altars di San Pietro
  • (18) Cappella di San Pietro
  • (19) High Altar
  • (20) Pala d'Oro - San Marco's golden retable is the work of Byzantine and Venetian goldsmiths and enamelers who worked on it for 5... More
  • Sacristy - The bronze door to the Sacristy is a masterpiece by Jacopo Sansovino (1486-1570). The reliefs show the Resurrection ... More
  • (21) Iconostasis
  • (22) Reliquary
  • (23) Cappella di San Clemente - Noteworthy features in the former chapel of the Doge are the dividing wall of columns (late 14th... More
  • (25) Passage to the Doges' Palace
  • (26) Entrance to the Treasury
  • (A) Arch of Paradise
  • (B) Arch of the Apocalypse
  • (C) Scones of Pentecost
  • (D) Scenes from the Passion
  • (E) The Ascension
  • (F) St Michael with sword
  • (G) St John
  • (H) Mary's family tree
  • (I) The Washing of the Feet, Temptation in the Wilderness
  • (K) St Leonaard
  • (L) Four miracles of Jesus
  • (M) St Peter, The Resurrection, etc.
  • (N) Choir mosaics
  • (O) Lamb of God
  • (P) Christ in Majesty, with Saints