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Portable Network Graphic  |  1999-07-02  |  75.6 KB  |  629x361  |  8-bit (111 colors)
   ocr: Colonne di San Marco e San Teodore Three enormous columns were captured from Constantinople and erected here in 1172. One fell in the water a 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 a crocodile-like dragon) was the patron saint of the city before St. Mark's relics came to Venice in 828. Marcus the winged lion is today the city's symbol. It is possibly a 5th century B.C.. Assyrian sculpture.