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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.
The word trattoria is cognate with the French term traiteur [3] (a caterer providing takeaway food). Derived in Italian from trarre, meaning 'to treat' (from the Latin tractare / trahere, 'to draw'), [4] its etymology has also been linked to the Latin term littera tractoria, which referred to a letter ordering provision of food and drink for officials traveling on the business of the Holy ...
Palazzetto Venezia (formerly Palazzetto di San Marco) is a Renaissance palace situated on one side of Piazza Venezia, in the historic center of Rome, Italy.. The building went through several alterations over the centuries until 1909, when it was demolished, and a slightly modified version was rebuilt a short distance from its original position to allow the enlargement of Piazza Venezia as ...
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 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.
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.
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.
San Marco is a minor basilica in Rome dedicated to Saint Mark the Evangelist located in the small Piazza di San Marco adjoining Piazza Venezia. It was first built in 336 by Pope Mark, whose remains are in an urn located below the main altar. The basilica is the national church of Venice in Rome.