St Mark's Basilica (Basilica di San Marco

in Italian), Chiesa d'Oro (Church of gold).

IntroductionMost famous church of Venice Finest examples of Byzantine architecture

Located just off the Grand Canal, basilica overlooks the Piazza San Marco (St. Mark's Square) and adjoins the Doge's Palace.

It was Doge's chapel until it became the seat of the Archbishop of Venice in 1807.

Originally a combination of Byzantine and Romanesque styles

The present-day basilica is a mixture of Byzantine, Gothic, Renaissance, and Moorish styles

St. Mark's Basilica is modeled after Constantine the Great's Church of the Holy Apostles (no longer standing) and the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul.

Plan

Shape of a Greek cross, A dome over the crossing

and another dome on each of the four arms.

Each arm has a central aisle and two side aisles.

A narthex wrapped around the west end disguises the cross shape but creates a wide, flat surface for the grand facade.

InteriorFlooring done with marbleConsists of following parts/areasPresbytery:

The presbytery is the name for an area in a church building which is reserved for the clergy.

Right transeptLeft transept

Floor Covered with mosaic designs.(4000 m) Mosiac designs of 12 to 14 th centuryDomes Held by massive pillars. Consisted of paintings and mosiacs

Cupola: interior of domes decorated with golden mosiacs

AtriumHas slightly pointed

archesSupports six small

domesThere are mosaics

on the arches, lunette recesses

ExteriorLower

consists of five arched portals - the center one slightly larger - surrounded by marble columns

Large bronze doors lead into the narthex

Upper ogee arches, statues of Theological and

Cardinal Virtues, four Warrior Saints, Constantine, Demetrius, George, Theodosius and St Mark

DomesDiam.: 42 ft. (13.8 m.)

One central dome and four domes on the arms

Columns: multi colured

Facade52 meters longconsists of five rounded

arch portals, each supported by several columns.

The central arch is larger than the other four

Arches are covered by a terrace, which is surrounded by a railing.

Greek horsesTriumphal Quadriga or Horses of St

Mark's is a set of bronze statues of four horses

Located on the terrace directly above the main arch.

Now replaced by duplicates ,with originals in museum

Tetrarchsthe four co-emperors of the Roman Empire instituted by the Emperor Diocletian

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