Venice Palace Marble Walls

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.

Venice palace marble walls.

Basilica di san marco. A great many marble articles were sent to st. 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.

These columns originate from all over the eastern mediterranean where the republic of venice dominated for centuries. When lord byron wrote o venice venice. Basilica cattedrale patriarcale di san marco commonly known as st mark s basilica italian. The doge s palace italian.

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. After the conquest of constantinople in 1204 venice had access to a great quantity of precious marbles from the sacred and civic buildings of the capital of the eastern roman empire.