Saint Mark's Basilica
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The main centre of the town's public and religious life, the basilica is the place where the Dogi were consecrated and one of Venice's most renowned symbols. It was founded in the 9th century to preserve St. Mark's corpse (it was stolen in Alexandria of Egypt in 828).
St Mark is Venice's patron and the basilica's complex and articulated structure reflects the different phases of the construction, which put gothic and 16th-century elements on Romanesque and Byzantine elements.
The basilica was restructured many times and took on the typical profile of Byzantine churches, with a large central dome and hemispheric domes, surmounted by bulb cupolas.
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Booking Saint Mark's Basilica
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Venezia Piazza S. Marco 30124
Opening time 9.45 - 16.45
Dear user,
the InsideTelebooking service to enter the Basilica of San Marco has been suspended until 1st April 2010, as occurred in previous years.
The Basilica of San Marco can still be visited without booking, bar exclusions due to religious services of weather phenomena, please go direct to the main entrance.