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St Mark's Campanile (Italian: Campanile di San Marco, Venetian: Canpanièl de San Marco) is the bell tower of St Mark's Basilica in Venice, Italy.The current campanile is a reconstruction completed in 1912, the previous tower having collapsed in 1902.
Venetian architecture is represented by a re-creation of St Mark's Campanile (bell tower) with the La Gemma Elegante shop representing a replica of the Doge's Palace. The pavilion's design is inspired by other hallmarks of Italian architecture, such as the Columns of San Marco and San Todaro , the Ponte della Paglia and the Neptune Fountain ...
The Column of San Teodoro is topped by a statue of Theodore Tiron, who was the patron saint of Venice before he was succeeded by Saint Mark. Both columns were likely erected either between 1172 and 1177 (during the reign of Doge Sebastiano Ziani ) by Nicolò Barattieri , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] or sometime around 1268.
San Lorenzo, Beauchamp Place, London (2016) San Lorenzo is an upmarket restaurant located at 22 Beauchamp Place in Knightsbridge, London. It was one of the favourite London restaurants of Diana, Princess of Wales [1] and often visited by other celebrities. [2] [3]
The Clock Tower in Venice is an early Renaissance building on the north side of the Piazza San Marco, at the entrance to the Merceria. It comprises a tower, which contains the clock, and lower buildings on each side. It adjoins the eastern end of the Procuratie Vecchie. Both the tower and the clock date from the last decade of the 15th century ...
The Loggetta is a small, richly decorated building at the base of the bell tower in Saint Mark's Square, Venice, Italy.Built by Jacopo Sansovino between 1538 and 1546, [1] it served at various times as a gathering place for nobles and for meetings of the procurators of Saint Mark, the officials of the Venetian Republic who were responsible principally for the administration of the treasury of ...
The Piazzetta di San Marco is, strictly speaking, not part of the Piazza but an adjoining open space connecting the south side of the Piazza to the waterway of the lagoon. The Piazzetta lies between the Doge's Palace on the east and Jacopo Sansovino 's Biblioteca (Library) which holds the Biblioteca Marciana on the west.
Arms of Pope Paul II (Pietro Barbo), builder of the present structure The Torre della Biscia ("Biscia Tower") of Palazzo Venezia rises above the pines in Piazza di San Marco; adjoining the tower at left is the Travertine marble two-storied loggia covering the original south facade and main entrance to the Basilica of Saint Mark the Evangelist.