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How much do you know about "Saint Marks Basilica " situated in Venice, Italy?

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The Patriarchal Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark (Italian: Basilica Cattedrale Patriarcale di San Marco), commonly known as Saint Mark's Basilica (Italian: Basilica di San Marco;Venetian: Baxéłega de San Marco), is thecathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Venice, northern Italy. It is the most famous of the city's churches and one of the best known examples of Italo-Byzantine architecture. It lies at the eastern end of the piazza San Marco, adjacent and connected to the Doge's Palace. Originally it was the chapel of the Doge, and has been the city's cathedral ftonly since 1807, when it became the seat of the Patriarch of Venice,archbishop of theRoman Catholic Archdiocese of Venice, formerly at San Pietro di Castello

The basilica began with a swashbuckling tale of kidnapping. The first St. Mark's Basilicawas built on this spot in the 9th century to house very sacred relics—relics that had been stolen! In 828, merchants from Venice stole the body of St. Mark the Evangelist, one of the four Apostles, from Alexandria, Egypt.

St. Mark's Basilica is the crown jewel of Venice, one of the most sumptuous cities in the western world. .... the crypt below the church to see where St Mark's remains are said to lie.
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