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.

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The Horses of Saint Mark

Two of the four "Horses of Saint Mark" (aka "Quadriga"). They are placed on the facade above the porch of the basilica. The four horses came (just like the "Tetrarchs") as trophies to Venice in 1204 after the Fourth Crusade (aka "Sack of Constantinople"). They were looted again in 1797 by Napoleon´s troops, stayed some years in Paris and were returned to Venice in 1815. Actually seen here are replicas.