Saint Mark's Square
This is the symbol of the city’s public life. It is the only ‘piazza’ in Venice, the others are called ‘campo’. A long series of modifications have brought the piazza to what it is now – a rectangular public meeting place with the Basilica at one end and an isolated bell tower, the highest in Venice, to its left.
The northern part of the piazza is whre the old public prosecutor’s buildings are. It is a long building begun in the 12th century and modified from 1514 on. On it’s east side is the Clock Tower built between 1496 and 1499 by Mauro Codussi. On the southern side of the piazza are the new public prosecutor’s buildings, begun in 1582 by Vincenzo Scamozzi and finished towards the middle of the 17th century by Baldassare Longhena. Under the square’s porticos is the famous Caffè Florian which was restructured in the 1800s. It is one of the oldest and most famous cafès in Venice.Your vacation starts here
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Sms Venice è un progetto che nasce con lo scopo di raccogliere fondi per il restauro dell'area marciana attraverso l'organizzazione di concerti in Piazza San Marco, con grandi artisti nazionali ed internazionali.
Seconda tappa del programma di collaborazione con il Teatro La Fenice
promosso dalla Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, a cura di Francesca
Pasini. L’artista coreana Kimsooja proietterà il video, “To breathe –
Respirare”, edito per l’occasione, sullo schermo frangifuoco del Teatro La Fenice.
