St. Mark's Basilica is the most famous church in Venice, located near St. Mark's Square. It has a mix of architectural styles including Byzantine, Gothic, Renaissance and Moorish. The interior features a marble floor and gold mosaics in the domes. Notable exterior features include the facade with five arched portals supported by columns, and bronze statues of horses above the central arch.

1. St Mark's Basilica (Basilica di
San Marco in Italian), Chiesa
d'Oro (Church of gold).

3. Introduction
Most famous church of Venice
Finest examples of Byzantine
architecture
 Located just off the Grand Canal,
basilica overlooks the Piazza San
Marco (St. Mark's Square) and
adjoins the Doge's Palace.

4. It was Doge's chapel until it became
the seat of the Archbishop of Venice
in 1807.
Originally a combination of
Byzantine and Romanesque styles
The present-day basilica is a mixture
of Byzantine, Gothic, Renaissance,
and Moorish styles

5. St. Mark's Basilica is modeled after Constantine
the Great's Church of the Holy Apostles (no
longer standing) and the Hagia Sophia in
Istanbul.

6. Plan
 Shape of a Greek cross,
 A dome over the crossing
and another dome on each
of the four arms.
 Each arm has a central aisle
and two side aisles.
 A narthex wrapped around
the west end disguises the
cross shape but creates a
wide, flat surface for the
grand facade.

7. Interior
 Flooring done with marble
 Consists of following parts/areas
Presbytery:
 The presbytery is the name for an area in a church building
which is reserved for the clergy.
Right transept
Left transept

8. Floor
 Covered with mosaic designs.(4000 m)
 Mosiac designs of 12 to 14 th century
Domes
 Held by massive pillars.
 Consisted of paintings and mosiacs

9.  Cupola: interior of domes decorated with golden mosiacs

10. Atrium
 Has slightly pointed
arches
 Supports six small
domes
 There are mosaics on
the arches, lunette
recesses

11. Exterior
 Lower
 consists of five arched portals - the center one
slightly larger - surrounded by marble columns
 Large bronze doors lead into the narthex
 Upper
 ogee arches, statues of Theological and
Cardinal Virtues, four Warrior Saints,
Constantine, Demetrius, George, Theodosius
and St Mark
 Domes
Diam.: 42 ft. (13.8 m.)
One central dome and four domes on the
arms

12.  Columns: multi colured

13. Facade
 52 meters long
 consists of five rounded arch
portals, each supported by
several columns.
 The central arch is larger than
the other four
 Arches are covered by a terrace,
which is surrounded by a
railing.

14. Greek horses
 Triumphal Quadriga or Horses of St Mark's is a set
of bronze statues of four horses
 Located on the terrace directly above the main arch.
 Now replaced by duplicates ,with originals in museum

15. Tetrarchs
 the four co-emperors
of the Roman Empire
instituted by the
Emperor Diocletian

16. By-
K.Pratyusha