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Piazza San Marco (Italian pronunciation: [ˈpjattsa san ˈmarko]; Venetian: Piasa San Marco), often known in English as St Mark's Square, is the principal public square of Venice, Italy, where it is generally known just as la Piazza ("the Square").
The campanile stands alone in the square, near the front of St Mark's Basilica. It has a simple form, recalling its early defensive function, the bulk of which is a square brick shaft with lesenes, 12 metres (39 ft) wide on each side and 50 metres (160 ft) tall. [3]
The Fra Mauro Map of the world. The map depicts Asia, Africa and Europe, with South at the top. The Fra Mauro map is a map of the world made around 1450 by the Italian cartographer Fra Mauro, which is “considered the greatest memorial of medieval cartography."
St. Mark's Square can refer to: Piazza San Marco, the central square of Venice, Italy; Piazza San Marco, Florence, a square in Florence, Italy; St. Mark's Square, Zagreb, a major square in Zagreb, Croatia; St. Mark's Square in the south of Lincoln, England
The Patriarchal Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark (Italian: Basilica Cattedrale Patriarcale di San Marco), commonly known as St Mark's Basilica (Italian: Basilica di San Marco; Venetian: Baxéłega de San Marco), is the cathedral church of the Patriarchate of Venice; it became the episcopal seat of the Patriarch of Venice in 1807, replacing the earlier cathedral of San Pietro di Castello.
The St Mark's Square with the Royal Palace of Venice behind the Campanile The Royal Palace of Venice on the right The Royal Palace of Venice on the left Map of the St Mark's Square, the Royal Palace is located in buildings d (Marciana Library), f (Procuratie Nuove), and g (Procuratie Nuovissime) A view from above of the St Mark's Square with the Royal Palace on the left View of the Procuratie ...
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 ...
San Marco is one of the six sestieri of Venice, lying in the heart of the city as the main place of Venice. San Marco also includes the island of San Giorgio Maggiore . Although the district includes Saint Mark's Square , that was never administered as part of the sestiere.