A Sole Event: Sacra Conversazione

We had a leisurely start this morning and after breakfast went into St Mark's square. The queue was long for going into the cathedral and so Steve held my bag and I went in on a short queue of people who had checked in bags in another place. I had my own bag holder! Steve had already been into St Mark's a couple of other times so was happy not to go again. We had seen so many wonderlful buildings St Mark's was just another. The gold was magnificent but with the dull light it did not show at its best and also I wonder if it needs some cleaning from dust and grime.

The basilica has a separate bell tower that stands 98.6 meters tall. Originally built in the 9th century, the current version was rebuilt in 1912 after the original tower collapsed in 1902.

St Mark's basilica

The clock tower

The 12th century Procuratie Vecchie, buildings that housed the apartments and offices of the procurators;

The Bridge of Sighs - the last view condemned people saw of Venice was out through the small windows as they were led to execution.

After wandering more alleyways, streets and bridges and encountering more churches and campos we decided we would go back to the hotel for a while to check emails and then to the station to get the train back to Rome which was a four hour trip.