Example sentences for: marco

How can you use “marco” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • While he was busy removing the four ancient bronze horses from the basilica’s façade (since returned) along with other art treasures to ship back to Paris, he was said to remark that the Piazza San Marco was “the world’s most beautiful salon. ”

  • The minor Aegean Islands were taken by various powerful European noblemen, many of whom were Genoese or Venetian, such as Marco Sanudo on Naxos.

  • The Romanesque façade makes a striking contrast with the eight Byzantine cupolas and two minaret-like towers around a central Gothic cone-shaped dome, reminiscent of Venice’s Basilica San Marco.

  • Of the 13th-century capital, Marco Polo wrote that “the whole interior of the city is laid out in squares like a chessboard with such masterly precision that no description can do justice to it” — a pattern Beijing retains to this day.

  • Modern reproductions and interpretations of traditional patterns can be bought on and around Piazza San Marco, along with beautifully embroidered tablecloths and napkins.


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