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After lining up for 30 minutes and then realizing that you have to pay to get into Basilica di San Marco (Saint Mark's Basilica) - Venice's most iconic church, Sayu Rinpoche decided last minute to explore this impressive basilica that's very different from most other cathedrals you'll find in Italy - Its Byzantine style interior. In this episode, you'll find Pala d'Oro (Golden Cloth)- one of the best works of Byzatine enamel ever created and four ancient Greek era horse statues known as the Horses of Saint Mark (Cavalli di San Marco) - also from Constantinople - then capital of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire. What's the connection here? As we explore more, we discovered that this very basilica bears the darkest history of Venice that really, is no secret....
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