Why is there a Byzantine church in Venice?

Question

Why is there a Byzantine church in Venice?

A. Venice traded with Constantinople.

B. Byzantine architects fled to Venice during Iconoclasm.

C. Venetian architects were captured by Byzantine pirates.

D. Venice was the western Byzantine capital.

 

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Answer 1

A. would be correct, yet it does not explicate the relation between trade and architecture.