Unusual Perspectives of St Mark's Museum and Basilica
Venice, Italy
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Trip Type: Cultural Tours
Duration: 45 minutes
Get the unique opportunity to visit St.Mark’s Basilica and the nearby area from a different perspective, enjoying a bird’s eye view of the wonderful St. Mark's Square in Venice. Walk into one of history's most beautiful cathedrals, and explore away from the big crowds. Marvel at St. Mark's bronze horses which used to adorn the hippodrome of Constantinople, the symbol of St. Mark's Cathedral. This tour will give you the extraordinary opportunity to access St.Mark’s Cathedral and its external lodge, where you’ll feel breathless at the beauty and enchantment of St Mark’s Square and its buildings viewed from above.
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Get the unique opportunity to visit St.Mark’s Basilica and the nearby area from a different perspective, enjoying a bird’s eye view of the wonderful St. Mark's Square in Venice. Walk into one of history's most beautiful cathedrals, and explore away from the big crowds. Marvel at St. Mark's bronze horses which used to adorn the hippodrome of Constantinople, the symbol of St. Mark's Cathedral. This tour will give you the extraordinary opportunity to access St.Mark’s Cathedral and its external lodge, where you’ll feel breathless at the beauty and enchantment of St Mark’s Square and its buildings viewed from above.
This unique tour will guide you through the most beautiful points of St. Mark’s Museum and Cathedral while giving you a unique and wonderful vantage point. See this majestic Venetian artwork from above, feeling the emotions of a unique panoramic view and discovering its charming beauty.
The tour starts at St. Mark’s Museum where scale models show how the Basilica was originally built, and you’ll see how it appeared to visitors and worshippers in the past age
You can then admire the famous mosaics of St Mark’s Cathedral from an advantaged place that will let you observe them from a close-up and appreciate the different construction stages of the mosaics of this wonderful Basilica, discovering how they were crafted. A set of panels illustrate the time-honored techniques and a private presentation of them will take place later in the tour, away from the crowd
Then, following a narrow passage, you’ll be able to reach and delve into the ancient hall of the Venice Doge’s Palace.This palace houses ancient tapestries that were used in the Cathedral during important liturgical celebrations.
Anyway, the fundamental point during our guided tour in St Mark’s Cathedral will be the visit to the gilded bronze horses - masterpieces of the Greek Hellenistic sculptures once used to decorate the hippodrome of Constantinople and today a symbol of the Venice Cathedral.
The grand finale of the tour is in the Cathedral’s lodge.Marvel at St. Mark’s Square panoramic view from above. Your guide will describe all the main buildings that surround Venice’s most famous square, while you’ll be probably still astonished, admiring this enchanting beauty from an unusual and new perspective.
The tour starts at St. Mark’s Museum where scale models show how the Basilica was originally built, and you’ll see how it appeared to visitors and worshippers in the past age
You can then admire the famous mosaics of St Mark’s Cathedral from an advantaged place that will let you observe them from a close-up and appreciate the different construction stages of the mosaics of this wonderful Basilica, discovering how they were crafted. A set of panels illustrate the time-honored techniques and a private presentation of them will take place later in the tour, away from the crowd
Then, following a narrow passage, you’ll be able to reach and delve into the ancient hall of the Venice Doge’s Palace.This palace houses ancient tapestries that were used in the Cathedral during important liturgical celebrations.
Anyway, the fundamental point during our guided tour in St Mark’s Cathedral will be the visit to the gilded bronze horses - masterpieces of the Greek Hellenistic sculptures once used to decorate the hippodrome of Constantinople and today a symbol of the Venice Cathedral.
The grand finale of the tour is in the Cathedral’s lodge.Marvel at St. Mark’s Square panoramic view from above. Your guide will describe all the main buildings that surround Venice’s most famous square, while you’ll be probably still astonished, admiring this enchanting beauty from an unusual and new perspective.
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