Republic of Venice Venice, at one with the sea, was being born. Agnello was succeeded by his son Giustiniano, who stole the remains of Saint Mark the Evangelist from Alexandria, took them to Venice, and made him the republic's patron saint. According to tradition, Saint Mark was the founder of the Patriarchate of Aquileia. With the patriarch's flight to Grado after the Lombard invasion, the patriarchate split into two: one on the mainland, under the control of the Lomabrds and later the Franks, and the other in Grado on the lagoons and the areas under Byzantine control; this would later become the Patriarchate
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