The facade of St Marks basilica with its 17th Century mosaics

The four bronze Horses of St Mark on the facade of the basilica above the Central Doorway and its 17th Century mosaics

Two of the four bronze Horses of St Mark on the facade of the basilica above the Central Doorway and its 17th Century mosaics

Two of the four bronze Horses of St Mark on the facade of the basilica above the Central Doorway and its 17th Century mosaics

The 17th Century mosaics on the facade and Central Doorway arch of the Basilica of St Mark

Two of the four bronze Horses of St Mark on the facade of the basilica above the Central Doorway and its 17th Century mosaics

Two of the four bronze Horses of St Mark on the facade of the basilica above the Central Doorway and its 17th Century mosaics

The four bronze Horses of St Mark on the facade of the basilica above the Central Doorway and its 17th Century mosaics

Ornate lamp post on the Molo San Marco with Palladios church of San Giorgio Maggiore on the island of the same name in the Venice Basin in the distance

The Baroque church of Santa Maria della Salute in Dorsoduro district on the Grand Canal

The early 15th Century sculpture The Drunkenness of Noah symbolic of the frailty of man on the corner of the Doges Palace with gondolas passing below the Bridge of Sighs beyond

The Campanile tower in Piazza San Marco seen through an arch of the Doges Palace