The church was built in honor of St. Mark the Evangelist, whose remains were stolen in Alexandria, Egypt, by a couple crafty Venetians, intent on bringing him to rest in Venice. (What made them ...

Venice used new art commissions to help its citizens understand the changing nature of power and quell public anxiety during ...

While San Marco holds Venice's architectural masterpieces ... No neighborhood in Italy can be complete without a church. In Dorsoduro, visit the octagonal Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute.