blooming daizy

Foggy morning at Piazza di San Marco

Piazza di San Marco being prepared for a graduation on a foggy morning

Arcade along Piazza di San Marco

Campanile di San Marco stands in the piazza near the front of the basilica. It has a golden weather vane in Archangel Gabriel's form atop its pyramidal spire.

Chairs set up on the piazza for Universita Ca'Foscari Graduation day

The Clock Tower stands on the north side of the piazza. It was built in the late 15th century in the early Renaissance style.

Looking at the Campanile di San Marco on the Piazza

Leah at Piazza di San Marco with the Campanile on the left

The Lion of Venice - figure of a winged lion in bronze cast during the Tang Dynasty and brought to Venice by Niccolò and Maffeo Polo (Marco Polo's father and uncle, respectively). It is a symbol of Saint Mark and of the city of Venice.