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Piazza San Marco — (Archive Venipedia/Bazzmann)

It was named Piazza and not Campo to make it unique and distinguish it from everything else. An apt choice. Where else can you see so many jewels all together?

There is no time of day that one can find this place deserted, except in the early hours of the morning. After all, between the tourists who stare spellbound at the beauty of the square and the workers and citizens who live there, it is really hard to enjoy it alone.
The square is a place that can be enjoyed in solitude.

The "Sitting Room" of the Venetians’, one of the symbols of the Republic of Venice and one of the places most dear to the population.

It consists of three areas: 


the Piazza itself: the area enclosed by the Procuratie Vecchie, the Procuratie Nuove and the Procuratie Nuovissime, St Mark’s Basilica and the soaring Campanile;               
the Piazzetta San Marco: the monumental entrance to the St Marks area for those coming from the sea through the two famous columns of Saint Mark and San Theodore, up to

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