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Street-by-Street: Piazza San Marco

Throughout its long history Piazza San Marco has
witnessed pageants, processions, political activities and
countless Carnival festivities. Visitors flock here in their
thousands for two of the city’s most important historic
sights – the Basilica and the Palazzo Ducale. These
magnificent buildings complement lesser sights, such
as the Campanile, Museo Correr and Torre dell’Orologio,
not to mention the gardens of the Giardinetti Reali,
open-air orchestra concerts, elegant cafés – notably
Quadri and Florian’s – and numerous smart shops.

a Torre dell’Orologio
Traditionally, gondolas The clock tower, with hidden
have moored in the clockwork figures, dates from
Bacino Orseolo, the Renaissance. M
which is named after E CALLE LARGA SAN MARCO
Doge Orseolo. R C
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The Piazza was described
by Napoleon as the “most
elegant drawing room
in Europe”.
P R O C U R A T I E V E C C H I E

PIA ZZ A SAN
M ARC O
P R O C U R A T I E N U O V E

d Museo Correr
Giovanni Bellini’s Pietà (1455–60)
is one of many masterpieces
hanging in the galleries of
the Correr.

Harry’s Bar has
attracted American
visitors since
Giuseppe Cipriani
and his friend Harry
set it up in 1931.
Shown here is Ernest
Hemingway, one
of the bar’s many
famous patrons. San Marco Vallaresso
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