Lonely Planet). The land that these Romans inhabited was a swampy marshland with numerous islands and was later named Venice (Venice, Lonely Planet). Forced into this foreign land, settlers constructed an elaborately designed city that lies on the Adriatic Sea. The surrounding geographical features of the land around Venice allowed the city to develop peacefully and without very much outside influence. Contrary to actual historical documentation, Venetians the founding of the city to the precise date of March 25, 421 (History Venezia). March 25, 421 is of Venice, the date of the Annunciation, when the angel Gabriel brought the news to the Virgin Mary that she would bear a child, Jesus (History Venezia). Essentially, of Venice, Venetians used this fabricated history to assert themselves as superior to other cities (Abbott). Originally, Venice accepted St. Theodore as its patron saint. However, Venetians believed that St. Theodore was not a significant enough figure to represent their great city, so Venice changed its patron saint to St. Mark (Abbott). Furthermore, Venetians the relationship between St. Mark and the city of Venice in numerous “documented” pieces of artwork (Abbott). In 1172, a column topped with a statue of the Lion of St. was even erected to stand at the entrance to the city along the Adriatic Sea and Mark between the Doge’s Palace and the (Abbott). Venice’s attachment Basilica di San Marco to St. Mark grew strong after a group of Venetian merchants removed the deceased body of St. Mark from Alexandria in 828 (Abbott). In 829, shortly after the Venetian merchants acquired the relics of St. Mark from Alexandria and brought them to Venice, architects built the (San Basilica di San Marco Encyclopedia Britannica). The was built on the Marco Basilica, Basilica di San Marco
Lonely Planet). The land that these Romans inhabited was a swampy marshland with numerous islands and was later named Venice (Venice, Lonely Planet). Forced into this foreign land, settlers constructed an elaborately designed city that lies on the Adriatic Sea. The surrounding geographical features of the land around Venice allowed the city to develop peacefully and without very much outside influence. Contrary to actual historical documentation, Venetians the founding of the city to the precise date of March 25, 421 (History of Venice, Venezia). March 25, 421 is the date of the Annunciation, when the angel Gabriel brought the news to the Virgin Mary that she would bear a child, Jesus (History of Venice, Venezia). Essentially, Venetians used this fabricated history to assert themselves as superior to other cities (Abbott). Originally, Venice accepted St. Theodore as its patron saint. However, Venetians believed that St. Theodore was not a significant enough figure to represent their great city, so Venice changed its patron saint to St. Mark (Abbott). Furthermore, Venetians “documented” the relationship between St. Mark and the city of Venice in numerous pieces of artwork (Abbott). In 1172, a column topped with a statue of the Lion of St. Mark was even erected to stand at the entrance to the city along the Adriatic Sea and between the Doge’s Palace and the Basilica di San Marco (Abbott). Venice’s attachment to St. Mark grew strong after a group of Venetian merchants removed the deceased body of St. Mark from Alexandria in 828 (Abbott). In 829, shortly after the Venetian merchants acquired the relics of St. Mark from Alexandria and brought them to Venice, architects built the Basilica di San Marco (San Marco Basilica, Encyclopedia Britannica). The Basilica di San Marco was built on the
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