Evening Lecture – From Lagoon to Legacy: Venice and St. Mark’s Basilica with Sevan Melikyan

Embark on a captivating journey through Venice's origins to its zenith around 1500. Explore the city's unique birth as a lagoon empire and its rise to power, with St. Mark's Basilica as our guiding star. This iconic structure, one of Venice's oldest and most magnificent, serves as a lens to understand Venetian artistry, ambition, and cultural evolution. This lecture unveils the historical backdrop that shaped the city's early artistic achievements, setting the stage for Venice's golden age to come.