At St. Marks’s Basilica in Venice there is a porphyry statue of the Four Tetrarchs looted from Constantinople in 1204, surrounded by marble spolia.
— ShadowsOfConstantinople (@RomeInTheEast) April 14, 2025
There is a white fragment on the bottom right of the purple statue, a piece of which was found in Istanbul in the 20th century! pic.twitter.com/i7vpxHfD6Y
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