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St Mark's Basilica

Venice, Italy

About St Mark's Basilica

The most opulent church in Christendom — a 9th-century (rebuilt 1063) Byzantine cathedral encrusted with 8,000 square meters of gold mosaic, the four gilded bronze horses from Constantinople, and chapels filled with icons, reliquaries, and treasure. Free entry to the nave; the Pala d'Oro altarpiece requires a ticket but is extraordinary.

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📍Piazza San Marco, Venice

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Gallerie dell'Accademia

The finest collection of Venetian painting in the world — Bellini's great altarpieces, Giorgione's Tempest, Veronese's Feast in the House of Levi, and Titian's Presentation of the Virgin, all shown in the rooms of a former convent and school where the paintings were made for. The most essential museum in Venice.

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