The glittering facade of the Basilica di San Marco forms an exotic backdrop, illuminating Venice's unique role at the croseoads of Eastern and Western culture.
The Basilica di San Marco shows that Venice has Eastern and Western culture.
The signatories, who were the Chinese viceroy from Canton and the minister plenipotentiary of the United States of America, put their names to a historic document the first-ever treaty between the two countries.