Venice Palace Marble Walls

Pałaso dogal is a palace built in venetian gothic style and one of the main landmarks of the city of venice in northern italy the palace was the residence of the doge of venice the supreme authority of the former venetian republic it was founded in 1340 and extended and modified in the following centuries.

Venice palace marble walls.

Basilica cattedrale patriarcale di san marco commonly known as st mark s basilica italian. When lord byron wrote o venice venice. Marble columns of many hues and patterns stacked in double colonnades decorate the façade of saint mark s. These columns originate from all over the eastern mediterranean where the republic of venice dominated for centuries.

When thy marble walls are level with the waters there shall be a cry of nations o er thy sunken halls a loud lament along the sweeping sea he was. A great many marble articles were sent to st. Baxéłega de san marco is the cathedral church of the roman catholic archdiocese of venice northern italy it is the most famous of the city s churches and one of the best known examples of italo byzantine. The doge s palace italian.

As an example decorating walls with large veneers of fancy coloured marble or other stones which was certainly a venetian taste was also found in byzantine and islamic architecture but both had derived it from imperial roman architecture. The patriarchal cathedral basilica of saint mark italian.