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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.
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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.
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.
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.
Pala d'Oro viewed in its altarpiece setting. Pala d'Oro (Italian, "Golden Panel") is the high altar retable of the Basilica di San Marco in Venice.It is universally recognized as one of the most refined and accomplished works of Byzantine enamel, with both front and rear sides decorated.
According to a French monk, Mark's body was safely stored in "one of the great pillars". [3] However, when the chapel of Basilica di San Marco was rebuilt in 1063, Saint Mark's body could not be found. [3] Thirty years after this, it was said that Saint Mark's body re-appeared, with his arm appearing from an old pillar. [3]
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.