The Biblioteca Marciana (St. Mark's Library), beside the Campanile Tower in the Piazza San Marco (St. Marks Square), Venice, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Blue hour, before sunrise in winter, Doge's Palace, Piazzetta San Marco, Venice, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Madonna Verona statue, the Venetian lion of San Marco, Palazzo Maffei, Piazza delle Erbe, Verona, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Veneto, Italy, Europe

The Venetian lion of San Marco, Palazzo Maffei, Piazza delle Erbe, Verona, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Veneto, Italy, Europe

View of San Giorgio Maggiore from Piazzetta San Marco and the column of San Marco at dawn, Venice, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Veneto, Italy, Europe

View of the column of the winged lion of St. Mark, and San Giorgio Maggiore from Piazzetta San Marco, Venice, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Detail of the facade of Basilica di San Marco (St. Mark's Basilica), St. Mark's Square, Venice, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Architectural detail of San Marco basilica (St. Mark's Christian basilica), Venice, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Detail of the facade of Basilica di San Marco (St. Mark's Basilica), St. Mark's Square, Venice, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Veneto, Italy, Europe

St. Mark and the Angels, Basilica San Marco, Venice, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Lion of Venice, Campanile detail, Piazza San Marco, San Marco, Venice, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Veneto, Italy, Europe

The Columns of San Marco and San Teodoro, and Santa Maria della Salute, Piazzetta San Marco, Venice, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Stone Lion, Piazza San Marco, Venice, Italy

Lion Column And Doges Palace, San Marco, Venice, Italy

Lion Column And San Marco Campanile, Venice, Italy

View of the Lion of St. Mark and Doge's Palace at sunset, Piazza San Marco, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

View of the Lion of St. Mark and Doge's Palace at sunset, Piazza San Marco, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Gilded Lion, statue on the roof, St. Mark's Basilica, Basilica di San Marco, St. Mark's Square, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Doge's Palace, Church of San Giorgio Maggiore and lion of Saint Mark, Piazza San Marco or St. Mark's Square, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Church of San Giorgio Maggiore and lion of Saint Mark, Piazza San Marco or St. Mark's Square, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Lion of Saint Mark and Campanile belfry of the Basilica San Marco, Piazza San Marco or St. Mark's Square, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Lion of St Mark's Square/ Piazza San Marco Venice Italy