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COLUMN OF SAN MARCO E SAN TEODORO

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2024
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2024

Two tall granite columns once marked the entrance to the city.

Dating from 1172, these two imposing granite columns symbolize Venice. One is surmounted by the lion of Saint Mark, the city's patron saint since 828, and the other by Saint Todaro (Theodore), Venice's first patron saint, slaying a dragon. Brought back from Constantinople as war booty, they marked the entrance to the city. Legend has it that there were originally three, but one fell into the basin of St. Mark's during transport and was never recovered.

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Visited in november 2021
Nous avons vécu un sublime repas en amoureux. Merci pour le service grandiose. Les plats proposés furent excellent ! Mémorable !
NATBOR
Visited in february 2018
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Passage obligé par accéder à la place St Marc... la "porte d'entrée" de Venise
Manej
Visited in november 2017
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Superbes colonnes que l'on ne peut manquer à côté du Palais des Doges, symboles par excellence de Venise.
kiwigame
Visited in march 2015
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These two magnificent majestic columns are the entrance gate to the Saint Mark's square. They both are surmounted by statues, one of a lion (St Mark's), the other of Saint Théodore. Not to be missed for pretty photos.

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