Chiesa d'Oro

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Chiesa d'Oro is the Italian nickname for St Mark's Basilica in Venice, famed for its opulent golden mosaics and lavish decoration.

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Chiesa d'Oro canonical 1

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Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf culturalHeritageDesignation ⓘ
nickname ⓘ
appliedSince Middle Ages ⓘ
appliedToBuildingType basilica ⓘ
appliedToDedication St Mark the Evangelist ⓘ
linked to: Saint Mark
appliesTo St Mark's Basilica ⓘ
associatedWith Italo-Byzantine art ⓘ
Venetian Republic ⓘ
linked to: Republic of Venice
country Italy ⓘ
culturalRole symbolic name in Italian art history ⓘ
describesFeature interior gold-ground mosaics ⓘ
richly decorated façade ⓘ
sumptuous liturgical treasures ⓘ
hasReputation symbol of Venice's wealth and power ⓘ
heritageContext Christian religious art ⓘ
Roman Catholic church architecture ⓘ
knownFor Byzantine-style mosaics ⓘ
lavish decoration ⓘ
opulent golden mosaics ⓘ
language Italian ⓘ
locatedIn Piazza San Marco ⓘ
linked to: St Mark's Square

Veneto ⓘ
Venice ⓘ
meaning Golden Church ⓘ
partOf Venetian cultural heritage ⓘ
refersTo St Mark's Basilica ⓘ
religiousContext Roman Catholicism ⓘ
timePeriodOfPopularity Renaissance ⓘ
medieval period ⓘ
modern era ⓘ
tourismSignificance major attraction in Venice ⓘ
usedBy art historians ⓘ
local Venetians ⓘ
tour guides ⓘ
usedFor St Mark's Basilica ⓘ
visualCharacteristic predominance of gold in decoration ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

St Mark's Basilica → nickname → Chiesa d'Oro ⓘ