Piazza San Marco

Piazza San Marco, often known in English as St Mark's Square, is the principal public square of , Italy, where it is generally known just as la Piazza.
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  • Type: Square
  • Description: square in Venice, Italy
  • Also known as: “Saint Mark’s Square”, “St Mark’s Square”, and “St. Mark’s Square”
  • Wheelchair access: yes
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Doge’s Palace and St Mark’s Campanile.

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The Doge's Palace is a palace built in Venetian Gothic style, and one of the main landmarks of the city of in northern Italy. The palace included government offices, a jail, and the residence of the Doge of Venice, the elected authority of the former Republic of Venice. is situated 140 metres east of Piazza San Marco.

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St Mark's Campanile is the bell tower of in , Italy. The campanile is a reconstruction completed in 1912, the previous tower having collapsed in 1902.

Church
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The Patriarchal Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark, commonly known as St Mark's Basilica, is the cathedral church of the Patriarchate of Venice; it became the episcopal seat of the Patriarch of Venice in 1807, replacing the earlier cathedral of . is situated 110 metres east of Piazza San Marco.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include San Marco and San Polo.

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is the central district of . It is home to many of Venice's major points of interest, and consequently can be extremely crowded with tourists, especially during the day when cruise ships unload their passengers.

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is one of six sestieri that make up . Covering 86 acres along the Grand Canal, it is one of the oldest parts of the city, having been settled before the 9th century.

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is one of six sestieri that make up .

Piazza San Marco

Latitude
45.43426° or 45° 26′ 3″ north
Longitude
12.33851° or 12° 20′ 19″ east
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
Open location code
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Open­Street­Map ID
way 172349507
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­square
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
3229870
Wiki­data ID
Q217527
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Piazza San Marco” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ساحة سان ماركو”
  • Arabic: “ميدان سان ماركو”
  • Armenian: “Սուրբ Մարկոսի հրապարակ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Müqəddəs Mark meydanı”
  • Basque: “Piazza San Marco”
  • Basque: “San Marco plaza”
  • Basque: “San Marko plaza”
  • Belarusian: “Плошча Сан-Марка”
  • Belarusian: “Плошча Святога Марка”
  • Bulgarian: “Площад Сан Марко”
  • Bulgarian: “Сан Марко”
  • Catalan: “Piazza San Marco”
  • Catalan: “Plaça de San Marco”
  • Catalan: “plaça de Sant Marc”
  • Catalan: “Plaça de Sant Marc”
  • Catalan: “Plaça Sant Marc”
  • Chinese: “圣马可广场”
  • Chinese: “聖馬可廣場”
  • Croatian: “Trg svetog Marka, Venecija”
  • Croatian: “Trg Svetog Marka”
  • Czech: “náměstí svatého Marka”
  • Czech: “Náměstí Svatého Marka”
  • Danish: “Markuspladsen”
  • Dutch: “Piazza San Marco”
  • Dutch: “San Marcoplein”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ميدان سان ماركو”
  • Esperanto: “Placo de Sankta Marko”
  • Estonian: “Püha Markuse väljak”
  • Estonian: “Veneetsia Püha Markuse väljak”
  • Finnish: “Piazza San Marco”
  • Finnish: “Pyhän Markuksen tori”
  • French: “Piazza San Marco”
  • French: “Place Saint Marc”
  • French: “place Saint-Marc”
  • French: “Place Saint-Marc”
  • French: “San Marco”
  • Galician: “Praza de San Marcos”
  • Georgian: “წმინდა მარკოზის მოედანი”
  • German: “Marcusplatz”
  • German: “Markusplatz”
  • German: “Piazza San Marco (Venedig)”
  • German: “Piazza San Marco”
  • Hebrew: “כיכר סן מרקו”
  • Hebrew: “ככר סאן מרקו”
  • Hebrew: “ככר סן מרקו”
  • Hebrew: “פיאצה סן מרקו”
  • Hungarian: “Szent Márk tér”
  • Indonesian: “Piazza San Marco”
  • Italian: “Molo della Piazzetta”
  • Italian: “Piazza S. Marco”
  • Italian: “piazza San Marco”
  • Italian: “Piazza San Marco”
  • Japanese: “サン・マルコ広場”
  • Japanese: “サンマルコ広場”
  • Korean: “산마르코 광장”
  • Luxembourgish: “Markusplaz”
  • Macedonian: “Плоштад „Свети Марко“”
  • Macedonian: “Плоштад Свети Марко”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Markusplassen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Piazza San Marco”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Markusplassen”
  • Norwegian: “Markusplassen”
  • Persian: “میدان سن مارکو”
  • Polish: “Plac św. Marka w Wenecji”
  • Polish: “Plac św. Marka”
  • Polish: “plac świętego Marka w Wenecji”
  • Portuguese: “Piazza San Marco”
  • Portuguese: “Praça de São Marcos”
  • Romanian: “Piața San Marco din Veneția”
  • Romanian: “Piața San Marco”
  • Russian: “Площадь Сан Марко”
  • Russian: “Площадь Сан-Марко”
  • Russian: “Площадь Св. Марка”
  • Russian: “Площадь Святого Марка”
  • Russian: “Пьяцца Сан-Марко”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Trg Svetog Marka”
  • Slovak: “Námestie svätého Marka”
  • Slovak: “Piazza San Marco”
  • Slovenian: “Piazza San Marco”
  • Slovenian: “Trg svetega Marka, Benetke”
  • Slovenian: “Trg svetega Marka”
  • Spanish: “Piazza San Marco”
  • Spanish: “Plaza de San Marco”
  • Spanish: “Plaza de San Marcos”
  • Spanish: “Plaza San Marcos”
  • Swedish: “Marcusplatsen”
  • Swedish: “Markusplatsen”
  • Swedish: “Piazza San Marco”
  • Tagalog: “Piazza San Marco”
  • Thai: “ปียัซซาซันมาร์โก”
  • Turkish: “San Marco Meydanı”
  • Ukrainian: “Площа Сан-Марко”
  • Ukrainian: “Площа Святого Марка”
  • Ukrainian: “Сан-Марко”
  • Venetian: “Piasa San Marco”
  • Venetian: “Piassa San Marco”
  • Venetian: “Piaza San Marco”
  • Venetian: “Piazsa San Marco”
  • Venetian: “Piazza San Marco”
  • Vietnamese: “Piazza San Marco”
  • Vietnamese: “Quảng trường San Marco”
  • Vietnamese: “Quảng trường Thánh Marco”
  • Vietnamese: “Quảng trường Thánh Mark”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Piazza San Marco”
  • Welsh: “Piazza San Marco”
  • Welsh: “Sgwâr Sant Marc”

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