Labels:bird | book | bulletin board | pedestal | sculpture | sky | spherule OCR: Colonne di San Marco San Teodore Three enormous columns were captured from Constantinople and erected here in 1172 One fell in the water few metres from its destination and has not been seen since Until the 18th century criminals were executed here and therefore even today some superstitious Venetians dare not walk between the columns. St.Theodore (here on crocodile-like dragon) was the patron saint of the city before St. Mark's relics came LO Venice 828 Marcus the winged lion is today the city's symbol. 1s possibl Stl century B.C. Assyrian sculpture possibly
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