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Public office of the nine Procurators of St. Mark's, the second lifelong office after that of Doge.
It is thought that the Serenissima, in order to embellish the houses of its Procurators, had the Istrian stone embellishing the palace coloured, and only thanks to recent restoration have these colour effects been brought back to light.

The Procuratie Vecchie acted both as the offices and residence of the nine Procurators of St Mark, the second highest position of the Republic.

The complex starts from Torre dell’Orologio (the Clock Tower, made from some old buildings demolished in the late 16th century) and ends at the Napoleonic Wing, which acts as the connecting element with the Nuove Procuratie. The porch is made up of 50 arches, while a good 100 windows are counted on the upper floors.

The attribution to the design is uncertain: after years in which it was attributed to Codussi - architect of

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