We followed the crowd to St. Mark's Square and St. Mark's Church, this is one of the most famous places of interest in Venice, the famous St. Mark's Square is really majestic, wide, looks particularly imposing, after seeing it is particularly unforgettable, it is unforgettable, it is about 170 meters long, 80 meters wide in the east, 55 meters wide in the west, with a total area of about 10,000 square meters, in the form of a trapezoid.

The south, north and west sides of the square are surrounded by some magnificent and magnificent, classical and elegant palace buildings, the shape is distinctive, the lines are smooth, the stone carving is vivid and realistic, it is a rare masterpiece in ancient Roman architecture.

At the entrance to St. Mark's Square, there are two tall columns, and on the east side of the column stands a bronze lion with wings ready to fly, which is the emblem of Venice - the flying lion.

The flying lion holds a holy book in his left front paw, on which is written in Latin the Catholic oracle - Rest there your messenger Mark!

When we looked up, there was also St. Mark and his flying lion in the Doge's Palace, which could be seen everywhere and everywhere.

Hu Jiaojiao looked at the flying lion with wings, her eyebrows fluttered, and she said with emotion: "Oh my God, this sculpture is too creative, and these Venetians are too imaginative, and they actually put bird wings on the lion, which is too creative."

Xiao Fei said freely: "Don't say it, in fact, this flying lion has a lot of origins, Venice has long been an independent water republic, and the power is jointly controlled by the governor and the parliament, and it has the characteristics of both autocracy and republic."

St. Mark's Basilica is said to have been named after the burial of St. Mark's disciple: St. Mark's Square, St. Mark's Basilica, the illustrious St. Mark's Basilica can be found everywhere in Venice.

St. Mark, the author of the Gospel of Mark in the New Testament, was martyred in Egypt in 67 AD. In 828, two wealthy Venetian merchants, at the behest of the then governor, succeeded in stealing the dried body of St. Mark from Alexandria and transporting it back to Venice, where it was stored under the large altar of St. Mark's Basilica.

From then on, San Marco became the patron saint of Venice. His emblem is a winged lion. So from then on, Venice was full of lions. "And we came at the right time, because the most beautiful time is when the tide is up, and a tide is like a huge mirror spread in the square, so that all the buildings are like inlaid in crystal clear, and it seems more exquisite, bright, and dreamlike, so that we can't help but lose ourselves, and can't tell where is real and where is dream.

St. Mark's Square is the pearl of Venice, and we look around the square dizzily to see that it is the 98.6-meter-high St. Mark's Bell Tower and St. Mark's Church, which integrates Eastern and Western architectural art, stands on the east side.

To the west are the Doge's Palace and the Library of San Marco. The opulent and splendid Doge's Palace, made of pink and white marble, is particularly eye-catching, and it is the residence of the head of state in Venice, the seat of the Great Council and government.

Since ancient times, Piazza San Marco has been the center of public activity for Venetian's political, religious and traditional festivals.

Even after Napoleon occupied Venice in 1797, he coveted the picturesque scenery here, and did not hesitate to praise St. Mark's Square as the most beautiful square in the world, so he ordered the Doge's Palace next to the square to be changed into a palace, until the 21st century, people still call it Napoleon's Palace, which shows how popular it is, and St. Mark's Basilica adjacent to the Doge's Palace is the pride of Venice, the ancient history of Venice can be glimpsed here, the history of St. Mark's Basilica is very ancient, it was built in 829 years, rebuilt in 1043~1071 AD, it was the largest church in medieval Europe, is a classic of Venetian architectural art.

St. Mark's Basilica is a fusion of Eastern and Western architectural features, and it is now a beautiful Byzantine building, with its five domes said to be from the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey, the ornate decoration of the façade is derived from the Byzantine style, and the structure of the whole church presents a Greek-style cross-shaped design.

One of the most striking features of St. Mark's Basilica is the unique fresco inlaid with stone and broken porcelain on the interior walls, and the middle part of the gate is carved with four tall galloping horses glittering gold.

The cathedral is a combination of oriental Byzantine art, ancient Roman art, medieval Gothic art and Renaissance art.

The cathedral has five large dome roofs, which are typical of Eastern Byzantine art, but are dedicated to a Western saint.

This alone is unique. Secondly, there are 400 marble columns inside and outside the cathedral, and there are mosaics with an area of 4,000 square meters inside and outside.

We climbed the tower on the side of the cathedral with great interest, blowing the humid and warm sea breeze with moisture, and suddenly gave birth to a feeling of relaxation and joy, forgetting things and things, climbing high and looking into the distance, the whole city of Venice, with a clear view, unobstructed, continuous, dense, rows of reddish-brown roofs, there is no end in sight.

St. Mark's Square, densely packed, shoulder to shoulder carnival people weaving, reflecting the blue sea and blue sky, is really a peerless, amorous water city.