Venice, Italy

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San Marco basinin Venice, Italy, is an area of the Venetian Lagoon that faces the Riva degli Schiavoni and Doge's Palace of the San Marco sestiere.

Sent by Constanza on 7 May, 2022,  from Venice

Travel time 26 days 

 

Sunday churches

Basilica di San Marco, Venice, Italy 

Postcards I bought on my visit to Venice 

 Mascoli's Chapel

The Narthex- Third dome of Joseph

Nave and Prespytery

Storkyrka

The Great Church, Stockholm, Sweden

Storkyrkan also called Stockholms domkyrka (Stockholm Cathedral) and Sankt Nikolai kyrka (Church of Saint Nicholas), is the oldest church in Stockholm. It was consecrated to Saint Nicholas in 1306 but construction of the church probably started in the 13th century.

 

Public transport

 River boats in Amsterdam 

Sent by Calvin in Bussum, Netherlands

Distance: 1,524 km

Travel time: 17 days

Cable Car in San Francisco

Sent by  Soobin in Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A.

Distance: 6,784 km

Travel time: 10 days

Red buses in London

Sent by  my friend on her vacation to London.

Westminster Bridge

One of London's famous Routemaster buses is seen here in the shadow of Big Ben. The bus has just been repainted and the advertisements have yet to be affixed making it look redder than usual.

Sent by my brother.

Or do you prefer private transport, perhaps a water limousine...

Venice Taxi Boats

Sent by Elena, Russia

Distance: 1,758 km

Travel time: 21 days 

V is for Venice

St. Mark's winged lion, the mascot of Venice - Detail of the Clock Tower

The winged lion is a metaphoricat representaton of Mark the Evangelist, protector of Venice, a symbol that is typical of the type of Christian iconography that is derived from the profetic visions of the Apocalypse, written on the island of Patmos by the  Apostle John.

The winged lion appears with open book in its hand, bearing the Latin words PAX TIBI MARCE EVANGELISTA MEUS - Peace to you, Mark my Evangelist. The image of the lion also represents strenght, pride, might and capacity to administer peace and justice.



Venetian carneval mask

Venetian masks can be made of leather, porcelain or with the original glass technique. The original masks were rather simple in design, decoration, and often had a symbolic and practical function. Nowadays, most of them are made with the application of gesso and gold leaf  and are all hand-painted using natural feathers and gems to decorate.

And of course romantic gondolas.

22. 5. 2003

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