Corner La Trin: San Marco Basilica

San Marco basilica was just amazing. If I could use two words to describe it, they would be opulent and ornate. The Byzantine roof was arched with gold and detailed paintings of various religious figures decorated the bright gold structure. Precious marble columns and statues were placed around the grand basilica. At the rear end of the basilica was the masterpiece of it. It was sculpted of wood, gilded by gold. The paintings on it depicted Jesus, surrounded by four Evangelists, and then that surrounded by the Apostles, Bishops and Archangels. On the sides of that were storyboards about St. Mark. On the top of this was the story of the Crucifixion. And, throughout the work were over 2000 precious and semiprecious stones. Pretty..............

We wandered through the basilica to the Treasury. The Treasury was a collection of luxurious artifacts throughout the history of the world. Pots and paintings, jars and statues. In fact, there were even bones of the priests. It was really cool.

We went to the upper level of the basilica. This part of the basilica was an art gallery. There were lots of pictures depicting the Virgin and Child, the Apostles and of course Jesus. They were all very detailed and very good.

Finally, we had finished at the basilica. We stepped outside and continued exploring Venice.

The Gold Chalice - it was as huge as an urn...