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Agios Markos Basilica

Located opposite Morosini Fountain and dedicated to St Mark, the patron saint of Venice, Agios Markos Basilica was built at the beginning of Venetian rule in 1239. Today it houses the changing exhibitions of the Municipal Art Gallery.

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