Venezia - Basilica di San Marco

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

I have already uploaded dozens of shots from previous visits, so I´ll try to cut down the number of uploads this time.


A legend in the "Alexander romance" has Alexander the Great, wishing to see the whole world from above. To do this he harnessed two large birds or griffins with a seat for him between them. To entice them to keep flying higher he placed meat (some say "roasted puppies") on two skewers which he held above their heads