St Mark's Basilica
Guide
Photo: Nino Barbieri · CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
≈ A$5ChurchAllow 30–75 minPut together by AI from open data
What you'll see
A dim interior covered in gold mosaics that glow when the lights come on, under five great domes. Outside, the copies of the four bronze horses stand over the main door.
A brief history
Built to hold relics of Saint Mark that Venetian merchants smuggled out of Alexandria in 828, it was rebuilt in its Byzantine form in the 11th century and became the city's cathedral only in 1807.
Tips
- Best time
- Opening time, or book a time slot online (check)
- Cost
- ≈ €3 to enter (check)
- Allow
- 30–75 min
- Hours
- Usually mornings and afternoons, shorter on Sundays; bags are not allowed inside (check)
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Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Written in Flewaway's words by AI from this open data, not yet checked by a person. Prices, hours and rules change, so check before you go.
Good to know
- Area
- San Marco: St Mark's Square, the basilica and the Doge's Palace: magnificent, crowded and the dearest to stay in.
- Dress code
- Shoulders and knees covered
- Access
- Partly step-free
- Indoors or out
- Indoors: good on a hot or rainy day
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