St Mark's Basilica

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Architecture · 1063–1094 · Venice · Europe

A five-domed copy of Constantinople's Holy Apostles, lined with gold mosaic

St Mark's Basilica — Nino Barbieri · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons

Style: Byzantine art — Gold mosaics and a heaven-like dome: the church as paradise, the icon as a window to eternity
Century: 11th century

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