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rom Venice, Italy’s Campanile bell tower, we walked across the square to Basilica di San Marco, (St. Mark’s Cathedral) described as a masterpiece of Byzantine architecture; we couldn’t agree more. The amount of gold everywhere, the grandeur of rare light colored marble, beautiful mosaics, and priceless works of art all around was astounding. Amid all of this, 12 larger than life statues depicting Jesus’s disciples caught our attention – amazing.