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Belgrade
Italy 2015
Slovenia
Venice
Trieste
Venice
St Mark's
St Mark's
St Mark's facade mosaic: Stealing St Mark's body
Tretrarchs in corner of St Mark's (originals?)
Tetrarchs
St Mark's interior
St Mark's interior
St Mark's interior
St Mark's altarpiece
Tetrarchs in St Mark's Museum (casts?)
St Mark's Museum: The Quadriga
St Mark's Museum: The Quadriga
St Mark's mosaic
"Chalice of the Patriarchs" Byzantium 10-11th c.
"Chalice of the Roman Emperor"
Sardonyx. Stonework ~1st c. Metalwork Byzanium 10th c.
Another "Chalice of the Roman Emperor"
Sardonyx ~4th c. Metalwork Byzanium 10th c.
St Mark's Square
Campanille view: St Mark's Square
Campanille view: Doge's Palace
Campanille view: St Mark's domes
Campanille
Campanille
St Mark's Square, from St Mark's Loggia
Piazetta San Marco, from St Mark's Loggia
St Mark's column, from St Mark's Loggia
Lion of St mark, from St Mark's Loggia
St George column, from St Mark's Loggia
St Mark column + Campanille
Mild flooding in St Mark's Square
Boardwalk into St Mark's
St Mark's Piazzetta meets the Grand Canal
Doge's Palace
Doge's Palace
Doge's palace entrance + Tetrarchs
Doge's Palace Entrance
Slot for secret denunciations
Doge's Palace: Sal de Senato
Doge's Palace: Armoury Room
Doge's Palace: Sala del Maggior Consiglio
Doge's Palace: Lion of St Mark
Doge's Palace
Herri met de Bles, "Inferno" (detail)
Doge's Palace: Prison
The Bridge of Sighs, from the North
Around Venice
Campanille view
Santa Maria della Salute, from the Westin
The Arsenal
The Arsenal
Gallerie dell’Academia
Gallerie dell’Academia
Gallerie dell’Academia
The Grand Canal
Westin Europa-Regina
Grand Canal
Grand Canal
The Bridge on the Rialto
Grand Canal
Grand Canal
Grand Canal
Trieste
21 miles NW of Trieste, looking North
Piazza dell'Unità d'Italia
Piazza dell'Unità d'Italia
Piazza dell'Unita d'Italia
Roman Theater (restored brick seating)
Orthodox Church
Divo Antonio Thaumaturgo
(Church of St Anthony the Miracle-Worker)
Arco di Riccardo (~33 BC)
Arco di Riccardo (~33 BC)
Trieste Castle
Trieste Castle
Trieste Castle
Monument to "War of Liberation” of 1915-18
San Giusto
Basilica di San Giusto (12-14th c, on 5th c. site)
San Giusto
San Giusto: Barbi family reliefs (1st c.)
San Giusto
San Giusto: Modern altar mosaic
San Giusto: 14th c (?) mosaic
San Giusto: 14th c (?) mosaic
Belgrade
Slovenia