Horses of Saint Mark

Horses Of Saint Mark

The Triumphal Quadriga or Horses of St Mark's is a set of bronze statues of four horses, originally part of a monument depicting a quadriga (a four-horse carriage used for chariot racing), which have been set into the facade of St Mark's Basilica in Venice, northern Italy, since the sack of Constantinople in 1204.

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