Venice, Italy: District of San Marco: St. Mark's Basilica: Tetrarchs

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dc.contributor.authorSheppard, Beth M.
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-01T18:00:23Z
dc.date.available2024-11-01T18:00:23Z
dc.date.issued22-May-17
dc.descriptionThe photo shows the Tetrarchs sculpture embedded in the corner of St. Mark's Basilica, located in the San Marco district on the island of Venice, Italy. Venice (in Italian: Venezia) is a city in northeastern Italy that is built on a group of 126 islands separated by open water and canals, linked through 472 bridges. The historical island city is home to only 51K people, but a very popular tourist destination with about 60K tourists per day. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, it is renowned for its beauty, architecture, and artwork. The basilica is dedicated to Saint Mark the Evangelist and contains his relics. The church is sited on the eastern end of the Piazza of San Marco, the former center of the Republic of Venice, and is attached to the Doge's Palace. The building was consecrated in 1094 but altered over the next five centuries to its present appearance combining Eastern cupolas with Gothic tabernacles. On the corner of the church near the Doge's Palace is this ca. 300 CE sculpture of the Tetrarchs, who were four rulers of the Roman empire. The sculpture is made from the rare purple mineral, imperial porphyry.
dc.identifier.otherSAM_4300.jpg
dc.identifier.otherSAM_4299.jpg
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14312/2957
dc.languageN/A
dc.metadata.catalogerRogers, Shelley
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-SA 4.0
dc.rights.holderSheppard, Beth M.
dc.sponsorThis image was made available, in part, through a generous grant from the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation.
dc.subjectItaly
dc.subjectVenice
dc.subjectVenezia
dc.subjectSan Marco
dc.subjectBasilica of St. Mark's
dc.subjectSt. Mark's Basilica
dc.subjectPatriarchal Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark
dc.subjectBasilica Cattedrale Patriarcale di San Marco
dc.subjectBasilica di San Marco
dc.subjectBasilicas
dc.subjectTetrarchs
dc.subjectRoman Rulers in Art
dc.subjectImperial Porphyry
dc.subjectConstantine Sarcophagus
dc.titleVenice, Italy: District of San Marco: St. Mark's Basilica: Tetrarchs
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