Saint Marks

This church gets its own footprint. Spectacular-- all gold tile and marble. We got there for the 1 hour each day they turn on the lights. It has a glass.fence.to keep the water out that regularly gets a couple of feet deep before the close the flood gates.because it costs the city 250000 euros every time they close the gates. They had so.e proper seraphim in this church. Also we passed a square.dedicated.to the angel Gabriel, but Napolean -- that short French guy--- destroyed the church (along with many others) so it is just an open square now. St Marks.is.1000 years old but the.greek horses on it is 2000. The horses, like the bones of St Mark, were stolen. (Yes, the Mark who hung out with Jesus and wrote the gospel). I saw the grave that is now an alter.Read more