Visit to magnificient St.Mark’s Square,Venice standing out in splendour with awesome architecture & historical significance created by erstwhile master artisans showcasing their amazing talents.

ST. MARKS SQUARE :

On 10/9/22,We visited the magnificient St Mark’s Square facing onto the Grand Canal ,Doge’s Palace,St Marks Basilica,Correr Museum & the St Mark’s Campanile.The St Mark’s Basilica stands out in splendour with its awesome architecture & sculptures.The view of the Clocktower is breathtaking!The square is a historically significant place with exquisite buidings created by the master artisans showcasing their amazing talents.The place in the heart of Venice radiates a magical atmosphere with its mesmerising affect on its visitors.From the Clocktower we can get beautiful views of the colourful Gondolas in the canal.Beautiful Rialto Bridge is a must visit location in the Venice city.

SAINT. MARKS SQUARE :

Piazza 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. All other urban spaces in the city are called campi. A remark usually attributed to Napoleon calls the Piazza San Marco “the drawing room of Europe”. The square is dominated at its eastern end by St Mark’s Basilica.

SAINT MARK’S BASILICA :

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), is the cathedral church of the Catholic Patriarchate of Venice; it became the episcopal seat of the Patriarch of Venice in 1807, replacing the earlier cathedral of San Pietro di Castello. It is dedicated to and holds the relics of Saint Mark the Evangelist, the patron saint of the city. The church is located on the eastern end of Saint Mark’s Square, the former political and religious centre of the Republic of Venice, and is attached to the Doge’s Palace. Prior to the fall of the republic in 1797, it was the chapel of the Doge and was subject to his jurisdiction, with the concurrence of the procurators of Saint Mark de supra for administrative and financial affairs.

SPENDING SOME QUALITY MOMENTS POSING FOR PHOTOS IN THE MARK’S SQUARE

The Piazzetta dei Leoncini is an open space on the north side of the church named after the two marble lions (presented by Doge Alvise Mocenigo in 1722), but now officially called the Piazzetta San Giovanni XXIII. The neo-classic building on the east side adjoining the Basilica is the Palazzo Patriarcale, the seat of the Patriarch of Venice.
SAINT MARK’S CLOCKTOWER :

St. Mark’s Clocktower , completed in 1499,is above a high archway where the street known as the Merceria (a main thoroughfare of the city) leads through shopping streets to the Rialto, the commercial and financial centre. To the right of the clock-tower is the closed church of San Basso, designed by Baldassarre Longhena (1675), sometimes open for exhibitions.

The Clocktower is visible on the left beside the St Marks Basilica.

SAINT MARK’S CAMPANILE :
Standing free in the piazza, is St Mark’s Campanile (1156–73 last restored in 1514), rebuilt in 1912 com’era, dov’era (“as it was, where it was”) after the collapse of the former campanile on 14 July 1902. Across the piazza in front of the church are three large mast-like flagpoles with bronze bases decorated in high relief by Alessandro Leopardi in 1505. The Venetian flag of St Mark used to fly from them in the time of the republic of Venice and now shares them with the Italian flag.

Worth visiting places with great architecture & sculptures are the Doge’s Palace & the Correr Museum( I will soon describe them in my next blog)

GRAND CANAL :

One end of the canal leads into the lagoon near the Santa Lucia railway station and the other end leads into the basin at San Marco; in between, it makes a large reverse-S shape through the central districts (sestieri) of Venice. It is 3.8 km long, and 30 to 90 m wide, with an average depth of 5 metres. The banks of the Grand Canal are lined with more than 170 buildings, most of which date from the 13th to the 18th century, and demonstrate the welfare and art created by the Republic of Venice. The noble Venetian families faced huge expenses to show off their richness in suitable palazzos; this contest reveals the citizens’ pride and the deep bond with the lagoon.The churches along the canal include the basilica of Santa Maria della Salute. Centuries-old traditions, such as the Historical Regatta [it], are perpetuated every year along the Canal.

THE RIALTO BRIDGE :

The Rialto Bridge is the oldest of the four bridges spanning the Grand Canal in Venice. Connecting the sestieri of San Marco and San Polo, it has been rebuilt several times since its first construction as a pontoon bridge in 1173, and is now a significant tourist attraction in the city. Grand Canal is the main waterway of Venice. It is lined on each side by palaces and spanned by the Rialto Bridge.

My dear readers may kindly point out any incorrect information in my above writeup needing any corrections! I am truly indebted to Wikipedia & for the invaluable information on the subject !Happy Reading !