Looking out across the Venetian skyline with the bell tower of the San Francesco della Vigna church.
Looking across the Venetian skyline, with the San Giorgio dei Greci church in foreground and the Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo in background.
The Venetian skyline with the San Giorgio dei Greci, and San Zaccaria churches, and Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo in view.
St. Mark's square and the Doge's Palace, Venice, Italy.
The sculpture at the Punta Della Dogana museum.
Venetian skyline, with the Santa Maria della Salute church and Punta Della Dogana museum in foreground.
The Santa Maria della Salute church, Venice, Italy.
Venetian skyline, with the Santa Maria della Salute church, and St. Mark's square and Doge's Palace in view.
The Santissimo Redentore church, Venice, Italy. http://www.churchesofvenice.co.uk/giudecca.htm#redent
The Santissimo Redentore church, Venice, Italy.
The Venetian skyline, with the bell tower of the Santa Maria dei Carmini church in foreground.
On the Grand Canal, Venice, Italy.
Gondolas with the San Giorgio Maggiore in the background, Venice, Italy.
Sculpture of St. Mark slaying a dragon on top of a pillar in St. Mark's square, Venice, Italy.
Sculpture of the Lion of Venice atop a pillar in St. Mark's square, Venice, Italy.
The clock tower in St. Mark's square, Venice, Italy.
Close-up of the Lion of Venice on the clock tower, Venice, Italy.
Close up of the clock face on the clock tower in St. Mark's square, Venice, Italy.
St. Mark's bell tower, Venice, Italy.
St. Mark's Basilica, Venice, Italy.
Detail of some of the spires at the top of St. Mark's Basilica, Venice, Italy.
Carved detail on the outside of St. Mark's Basilica, Venice, Italy.
Detail outside of St. Mark's Basilica, Venice, Italy.
St. Mark's Basilica, with the two "Pillars of Acre" in the foreground.
The connection of St. Mark's Basilica and the Doge's Palace, Venice, Italy.
St. Mark's Basilica, and the Doge's Palace, Venice, Italy.
Close up of the connection between St. Mark's Basilica and the Doge's Palace, Venice, Italy.
Detail on the Doge's Palace, Venice, Italy.
The Doge's Palace, Venice, Italy.
Detail on the outside of the Doge's Palace, Venice, Italy.
One "Pillar of Acre" outside of St. Mark's Basilica, Venice Italy. The pillars actually came from the church of St Polyeuktos in Constantinople (524-7), and were probably taken by the Venetians soon after the fourth crusade in 1204.
Fresco on the outside of St. Mark's basilica, Venice, Italy.
Fresco on the outside of St. Mark's Basilica, Venice, Italy.
Fresco of the Venetian's sneaking the bones of St. Mark out of Alexandria.
Inside St. Mark's Basilica, Venice, Italy.
Looking up at the domes inside St. Mark's Basilica, Venice, Italy.
The Pala d’Oro altarpiece in St. Mark's Basilica, Venice, Italy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pala_d%27Oro
The tomb of St. Mark, under the altar inside St. Mark's Basilica, Venice, Italy.
Inside the Santa Maria della Salute church, Venice, Italy.
The altar inside the Santa Maria della Salute church, Venice, Italy.
The Bridge of Sighs, between the Doge's Palace, and the jail, Venice, Italy.
The San Zaccaria church, Venice, Italy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Zaccaria,_Venice
The altar inside the San Zaccaria church, Venice, Italy.
Frescoes in one of the chapels inside San Zaccaria church, Venice, Italy.
The high altarpiece in one of the chapels, inside San Zaccaria church, Venice, Italy.
Down in the flooded crypt of the San Zaccaria church, Venice, Italy.
Some of the original tile floor from earlier chuches (9th or 12th century) in a chapel inside the San Zaccaria church, Venice, Italy.
