![]() ![]() ![]() Both the spiritual center of Venice and the Doge’s private chapel, it grew in size and ostentation as Venice expanded her maritime empire.ī y the 11 th century it was going by the nickname “Chiesa d’Oro” or “Church of Gold” and in the 13th century it received and incorporated much of the plunder (gold, jewels, statues, and even marble columns) from the pillaging of Constantinople in the 4th crusade. Mark from Alexandria (by hiding them in barrels of salted pork where the Muslims would refuse to search) the city needed a place to put them and thus St. ![]() When two enterprising Venetians stole the remains of St.
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