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When someone is buried in the floor of a church (particularly during Renaissance times), what was the procedure? How did they cut the marble, add the stone? Or is the body buried elsewhere and the slab is merely a memorial? Were there particular customs about walking across these burial markers?

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In the Doge's Palazzo in Venice, where would the Doge and his guests usually dine?

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When someone is buried in the floor of a church (particularly during Renaissance times), what was the procedure? How did they cut the marble, add the stone? Or is the body buried elsewhere and the slab is merely a memorial? Were there particular customs about walking across these burial markers?	259
In the Doge's Palazzo in Venice, where would the Doge and his guests usually dine?	14