Jun 23, 2025
Activists with the international environmental group Greenpeace display a giant banner displaying a picture of Jeff Bezos in Venice's St. Mark's Square on Monday.
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Activists with the international environmental group Greenpeace display a giant banner displaying a picture of Jeff Bezos in Venice's St. Mark's Square on Monday.
Walking The Square
Man walking across St Marks Square in Venice Italy - as seen in the Netflix TV Series 'Ripley'
9 Things You Didn't Know About Saint Marks Square, Venice
Not only is St Mark's Square the largest public space in Venice, it was once called "the drawing room of Europe" by Napoleon. Often the first stop for tourists visiting the city of Venice, its the epicentre for some of the most prestigious buildings in the city including the Basilica di San Marco (St Mark’s Basilica), the Campanile (bell tower), Torre dell'Orologio (clock tower) and the Palazzo Ducale (Doge’s Palace). In fact, up until 1846, when the Santa Lucia train station opened in Cannaregio, St Mark’s would have been the visitor’s first view of the city as passenger ships disembarked along the busy waterfront in front of the Doge's Palace. And what a view. It may be beautiful, but it's also steeped in history and I during my guided Instagram tours of the city, it's my favourite thing to chat about. With that in mind, here's 9 things you didn't know about St Mark's Square.
Piazza San Marco (or St Mark’s Square) is easily one of my favourite spaces in Venice.
I’ve hustled through slow walking crowds in the summer, soaked up how the July sun reflects off of the mosaics of St Mark’s Basilica, posed for a million photographs, drunkenly spilled out into the Piazza after one too many Prosecco and waltzed (very badly) beneath the Campanile… I’ve even woken up at 5am and…
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Venice was neat
//St Mark's Lion, St Mark's Square, Venice - Close up on building with clock facing Doges Palace
Venice, Italy
A visit to Venice, Italy where we see canals, gondolas, St. Mark's Square and St. Mark's Basilica