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Vertical of the Pala d’Oro, golden altar screen inside St. Mark`s Basilica. #103686599
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Pala dââ¬â¢Oro, altar screen of gold cloisonné enamel, Byzantine, 10thââ¬â12th century, inside St. Mark`s Basilica in Venice Italy. `The high altar retable of St. Markââ¬â¢s ââ¬â the Pala dââ¬â¢Oro ââ¬â is universally considered to be the most precious and refined expression of Byzantine genius and the cult of light, understood as the raising of man towards God. It glorifies the evangelist and contains his relics.`