St Mark's Basilica

A glimpse to the east

By Google Arts & Culture

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St. Mark's Basilica was originally the private chapel of the Doge. It became the city's cathedral only in the 1807, as the seat of the Patriarch of Venice.

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On a terrace at the top of the Clocktower two great bronze figures, hinged at the waist, strike the hours on a bell.

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The Campanile, located in the Piazza San Marco, is one of the most recognizable symbols of the city.

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St.Mark's Basilica achieves an Oriental feeling of exoticism, has all the elements of the Venetian style of the Renaissance Art, remains unique, and essentially a product of Italian workers of all sorts.

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