Venice: St. Mark's Square by sandra46
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Description
A view of St. Mark's Square from the lagoon. It's the only public space named 'piazza' (square) together with the Piazzetta (small square) you can see in the foreground: all the other 'squares' in Venice are named 'campo' (field). So it's the Square par excellence, and a show window of Venetian political life at the times of the Very Serene Republic of Venice. The Piazzetta di San Marco (St. Mark's Small Square) is an adjoining open space connecting the south side of the Piazza to the waterway of the lagoon. The Piazzetta lies between the Doge's Palace on the east and Jacopo Sansovino's Libreria which holds the Biblioteca Marciana on the west. Here you can see the eastern column , with a creature representing a winged lion — the Lion of Venice — which is the symbol of St Mark. This has a long history, probably starting as a winged lion-griffin on a monument to the god Sandon at Tarsus in Cilicia (Southern Turkey) about 300 BC. It was part of the booty from one of the episodes of the wars between Venice and the Ottoman Empire.
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Comments (43)
virginiese
This place is simply incredible ! Great capture of it !
brycek
Wonderful capture!!
jac204
Great capture and interesting history.
magnus073
Sandra, first of all allow me to say how very much I'm enjoying this series on Venice. For those of us who have never had a chance to visit this is educational as well as inspiring. The grand scale of St. Mark's Square is what stood out to me first thing, as well as all of the details throughout. I can safely say this is one place that would be on the top of my list of places to visit. As always I'm very grateful for the informative and detailed background information you provided.
jayfar
A first class architectural shot and love the info Sandra.
junge1
Beautiful Sandra. I love the postwork and interesting historical background. I have been there twice and loved it, but you provided a lot of new information. Thank you!
Celart
Stunning POV. Great effect about colors.
blinkings
Just don't order a coffee there......it will cost you a fortune!
Radar_rad-dude
A beautiful image, Sandra! Wonderful descriptive as well! Bravo!
bazza
Fantastic Sandra, great info on the place also for us who will never get there in our lifetime!
eekdog
just love the designs of these buildings. nice shot..
claude19
an original shot of the Piazza San Marco! Brilliant and artfully non-current!
durleybeachbum
A superb photo!
giulband
Venice...Venice beautiful image !
jeroni
beautiful, love the colors and lighting excellent work
spiegel428
Great capture of the feel of the place!
Valeriya
Excellent photo, the view is just gorgeous!!!
mgtcs
Very beautiful place my friend, excellent work!
Faemike55
Very beautiful view & wonderful capture
wysiwig
A superb image and description. I must visit Venice before it sinks.
whaleman
Pretty cool shot!
alanwilliams
so much going on, fascinating
drifterlee
Beautiful, Sandra. I wish I could go there but alas, no extra money.
Jean_C
A wonderful capture of this splendid town of art, thanks Sandra!
Leije
A great capture of Venice !
soffy
What a wonderful capture of this beautiful place, interesting info :)**
SIGMAWORLD
Sehr schön!
mickeyrony
Very nice place to be and have pleasure in ((5++))
angora
LOOOOOOOVE IT!!! fantastic!! and TY for including my fav winged lion!! (a smaller version is sitting in the window here, in bronze. can see it has been screwed unto something in a previous life. must be an antique souvenir of Venice??! :-D)
dakotabluemoon
Wonderful image here and so much to look at.