Stories of St. Mark Square
An elephant for Venice Did you know that an elephant, complete with tusks and trunk, makes a fine show of itself in St. Mark Square? It has been there since August 15th, 1505, when the bronze banner holders, artwork by Alessandro
Stories of St. Mark’s Square
About re-uses and ancient inscriptions «The marble columns of the belfry are mixed everywhere, falling, together with the cornices, the attic sculptures, and the heavy roof of the spire. The boulders stood at the corner of the Basilica, and the column,
