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Piazza San Marco
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square in Venice, Italy
Piazza San Marco is the main public square in Venice, Italy, famous for its distinctive architecture and historical significance as the heart of the city. It has been a central gathering place and symbol of Venetian power and culture for centuries, and today it remains one of the most recognizable and visited landmarks in the world.
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Key facts
- Location
- Venice , Italy
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- tourist attraction
- Named after
- St Mark's Basilica
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- Venice
- Area
- 8000483.8999
- Location
- San Marco
- Image
- Piazza San Marco (Venice) at night-msu-2021-6449-.jpg
- Width
- 82
- Length
- 175
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- Commons gallery
- Piazza San Marco (Venezia)
- Commons category
- Piazza San Marco (Venice)
- architectural style
- Renaissance architecture
- topic's main category
- Category:Piazza San Marco
- nickname
- Salon Europas
- inception
- 0900-00-00
- surface played on
- sett
- postal code
- 30100
- native label
- Piazza San Marco
- streaming media URL
- www.skylinewebcams.com/en/webcam/italia/veneto/venezia/piazza-san-marco.html
- name
- place Saint-Marc
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Encyclopedic overview
Piazza San Marco ( Italian pronunciation: [ˈpjattsa sam ˈmarko]; Venetian: Piasa 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 ("the Square"). The Piazzetta ("little Piazza/Square") is an extension of the Piazza towards San Marco basin in its southeast corner (see plan). The two spaces together form the social, religious and political centre of Venice and are referred to together. This article relates to both of them.
A remark usually attributed (though without proof) to Napoleon calls the Piazza San Marco "the drawing room of Europe".
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