Venezia - Basilica di San Marco

Venice (ital. Venezia) is one of the most important tourist destinations worldwide with about 30 million visitors each year.

As each tourist takes at least 100 photos (minimum!) in Venice 3000000000 photos are taken here per year, what means more than 8 millions per day. Many of them are uploaded and can be found in the web.

So, I will only upload a couple of photos - and not add many words..

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Exhausted tourists taking a rest on a wall of St. Mark's Basilica.

The carvings displayed here may well be trophy pieces brought to Venice from elsewhere during the many wars the Venetians fought over centuries.
There are two "Birds drinking from a chalice" - icons and on the frieze below a hunting scene with a nice hare.