This two-hour St Mark’s Basilica walking tour from Viator is an absolute must if you’re visiting Venice October 4, 2010
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The high altar retable of St. Mark’s – the Pala d’Oro – is universally considered to be the most precious and refined expression of Byzantine genius and the cult of light, understood as the raising of man towards God. It glorifies the evangelist and contains his relics. Pala derives from the Latin palla, cloth, sometimes decorated with images of saints and used to cover the altar or embellish its background during the church service. These cloths were then replaced by gold or silver – frequently found at least in Venetian lagoon area churches – hence the name Pala d’Oro (gold) or d’argento (silver).
The buildings around San Marco Square are the Doge’s Palace, St Mark’s Basilica, the Procuratie Vecchie, the Napoleonic Wing of the Procuraties, the Procuratie Nuove, St Mark’s Clocktower, St Mark’s Campanile and Loggetta and the Biblioteca Marciana. The Rialto Bridge, one of the architectural icons of Venice, is one of the four bridges spanning the Grand Canal in Venice.
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