History of the Republic of Venice and his dogeship was marked by the expansion of Venice towards the sea via the construction of bridges, canals, bulwarks, fortifications, and stone buildings. The modern Venice, at one with the sea, was being born. Agnello was succeeded by his son Giustiniano, who brought the body of Saint Mark the Evangelist to Venice from Alexandria and made him the patron saint of Venice. During the reign of the successor of the Participazio, Pietro Tradonico, Venice began to establish its military might which would influence many a later crusade and dominate the Adriatic for centuries, and signed a trade agreement with
Main Square, Kraków by historic townhouses ("kamienice") and churches. The center of the square is dominated by the Cloth Hall ("Sukiennice"), rebuilt in 1555 in the Renaissance style, topped by a beautiful attic or "Polish parapet" decorated with carved masks. On one side of the cloth hall is the Town Hall Tower ("Wieża ratuszowa"), on the other the 10th century Church of St. Adalbert and 1898 Adam Mickiewicz Monument. Rising above the square are the Gothic towers of St. Mary's Basilica ("Kościół Mariacki"). Kraków Main Square does not have a town hall, because it has not survived to the present day. The main