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San Marco Basilica, on the back the Clock Tower. The Horses of Saint Mark, installed on the balcony above the portal of the basilica date to Classical Antiquity and were sent to Venice as part of the loot sacked from Constantinople in the Fourth Crusade (1204). After a long restoration, the originals have been kept in St Mark’s Museum inside the basilica and the horses on the facade of the cathedral are bronze replicas.

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San Marco Basilica, on the back the Clock Tower. The Horses of Saint Mark, installed on the balcony above the portal of the basilica date to Classical Antiquity and were sent to Venice as part of the loot sacked from Constantinople in the Fourth Crusade (1204). After a long restoration, the originals have been kept in St Mark’s Museum inside the basilica and the horses on the facade of the cathedral are bronze replicas.
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