San Marco Basilica
The inside will take your breath away, and you will strain your neck looking up
and about. Gold leaf is everywhere, and though many other colors are
present, it is the gold that dominates. Also, St. Mark's remains are
buried here, smuggled from Muslim control in the 8th century, buried under a
shipment of pork. This was not Mark the Apostle, but Mark the Bishop of
Alexandria.