History Summarized: Saint Mark's Basilica

SOURCES & Further Reading:
"A History of Venice" by John Julius Norwich
"Francesco's Venice" by Francesco Da Mosto

MUSIC:
"Threshold" from Journey OST by Austin Wintory @AWintory

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[holstorrsceadus]

Zero chance I believe Blue when he says he could stop talking about Venice. Blue, you are lucky you have a beneficial obsession otherwise we would have staged an intervention ages ago.

[SereglothIV]

"Their justification for the crusade was lacking,
But boy, oh, boy, those sailors were sacking."

Is this that 'Illiad-like style' we can expect in the Veneziad? 😂

[kemokage]

Also a fun fact of the bronze horses is that when the Venetians stole them, they had to remove the heads for transport. When the horses were reassembled, the heads were placed on the wrong bodies so that they were no longer all turned outward toward the viewer but instead turned towards each other as if they are having a nice little chat with the horse next to them.

The original horses are now kept inside a museum to help preserve them with replicas taking their place on the basilica but in true Italian style they have preserved the mistake.

[timothyk]

"Did I commission an entire language for my story that most of you can't read? For vibes? Yeah! I did!"
Never change blue, never change

[Obi-Wan_Kenobi]

"The bones ought to be right here, but they aren't."

"Lost Saint Mark the Keepers have, how embarrassing, how embarrassing!"

[ISmellSarcasm]

"I promise I can stop talking about Venice whenever I want" he says, when his epic poem about Venice is coming out

[theanimeunderworld]

I will never get tired of Blue's love for Venice nor him decking on Genoa

[Shadowreaper]

So for the Blue bingo card we have: mention of domes, Venice, Blue getting really into talking about architecture, throwing shade at a famous person from the past, and Blue mentions his past vacations.

Anyone have a bingo?

[dmen]

Also, nevermind the gilding, look at the absolutely insane amount of ground lapis in that dome. That is like the definition of drip.

[Splicer-lbxb]

1:48 Blue is underestimating his popularity, his hand will be very tired very soon.

[SerperiorWeeb]

Dude I'm at the gym and you don't know how badly I needed a history video to podcast, ty with that upload timing!

[Braxmegaman]

That's an _excellent_ opening line. Definitely should use that one at my next intervention.

[randomnpc]

I just got back from a family vacation to Italy a few days ago and when we were in St Marks i will admit it was hard to think anything besides "LOOK AT THIS!" The entire trip was incredible and as a yet-to-be-declared history major, thank you for teaching me so much about the history of the world we live in and spurring on my curiosity in this field. You're doing the good work. Keep it up! (Can't wait to read the Veneziad)

[Lionstar]

Never stop talking about what makes you happy Blue - it's an example to follow :)

[DarkshadowXD]

If Blue ever decides to retire from YouTube I see him being a tour guide of Venice 😂

[forgedfight]

Oh boy this Venice spree ain't gonna stop anytime soon

[crose]

The kickstarter is so close to being in full color as well! Just shy of under $60, 000 to raise! If it is super duper close on the final day I'll chuck in a few extra dollars see if we can't get it over the line

[FatherDraven]

This book by it's very existence is screaming at me to get back to work on my opera.

[jamesh]

I am lucky enough to have visited the Basilica di San Marco while in the navy, and the memories of the sheer OPULENCE (much of it stolen) sticks with me to this day. Such a beautiful and also sobering edifice, a testament to both man's best and worst traits all in one gorgeous package.

[dragonnesswyverna]

Red should treat it like a classic epic and animate it for the channel 😂