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Europe and North America?

Under the heading UNESCO World Heritage Site the region is Europe and North America, can someone explain to me why that would be the case. What has Venice got to do with North America? FFMG (talk) 11:43, 16 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

They are both in the Western world. The article, World Heritage Site, gives a brief background to it. SilkTork *^YES! 23:16, 24 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Motto of Venice

I just came across this page -- it is excellent.

However, what I was looking for (an incription on a statute of a lion holding a book) was not included. I did find this on another web page and think that it would be useful to add to this web page.

Best wishes,

John Reindl October 31, 2009

The motto of Venice (Pax – Evan, Tibi – Geli, Mar – Sta, Ce – Meus) is the traditional shortened version of the Latin phrase “Pax tibi, Marce, Evangelista meus. Hic requiescet corpus tuum,” which translates to “Peace to you, Mark, my Evangelist. Here your body shall rest.” According to Venetian tradition, the blessing was spoken by an angel to Saint Mark during his visit to Venice and justified the Venetian theft of the Saint’s body from Alexandria. The image of the Lion with an inscribed book has appeared in countless locations throughout Venice over the past millennium and is the emblem and landmark of Venice.

Reference: http://95.110.194.207/CatalogoRenaissance/catalogo/renaissance/pdf/low/eng/LOT%2032.pdf, accessed October 31, 2009 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.135.73.110 (talk) 23:29, 31 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Motto of Venice

I just came across this page -- it is excellent.

However, what I was looking for (an incription on a statute of a lion holding a book) was not included. I did find this on another web page and think that it would be useful to add to this web page.

Best wishes,

John Reindl October 31, 2009

The motto of Venice (Pax – Evan, Tibi – Geli, Mar – Sta, Ce – Meus) is the traditional shortened version of the Latin phrase “Pax tibi, Marce, Evangelista meus. Hic requiescet corpus tuum,” which translates to “Peace to you, Mark, my Evangelist. Here your body shall rest.” According to Venetian tradition, the blessing was spoken by an angel to Saint Mark during his visit to Venice and justified the Venetian theft of the Saint’s body from Alexandria. The image of the Lion with an inscribed book has appeared in countless locations throughout Venice over the past millennium and is the emblem and landmark of Venice.

Reference: http://95.110.194.207/CatalogoRenaissance/catalogo/renaissance/pdf/low/eng/LOT%2032.pdf, accessed October 31, 2009 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.135.73.110 (talk) 23:34, 31 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]