Horses of Saint Mark
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The Horses of Saint Mark, also known as the Triumphal Quadriga or the Horses of the Hippodrome of Constantinople, are a group of bronze statues of four horses that originally formed part of a monument
The original Horses inside the St Mark's Basilica
The replica Horses of Saint Mark
The Return of the Horses of San Marco by Vincenzo Chilone, depicting the return of the horses from France in 1815.
Conservation-restoration of the Horses of Saint Mark
St Mark's Basilica
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The Patriarchal Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark, commonly known as St Mark's Basilica, is the cathedral church of the Patriarchate of Venice; it became the episcopal seat of the Patriarch of Venice i
Horses of Saint Mark
…a quadriga — a four-horse chariot used in chariot racing and Roman triumphs. The horses were placed on the façade, on the loggia above the porch, of St Mark's Basilica in Venice, northern Italy, after the sack of Constantinople in 1204. They remained there until they were looted by Napoleon in 1797, but were returned…
Main façade of St Mark's Basilica at Piazza San Marco
Central nave looking east
The entry to St Mark's, believed to date to the Participazio church
Antonio Pellanda, reconstruction of the western façade of the Contarini church (1881)