St. Mark's Square

We walked around St. Mark's Square many different times. Sometimes we were on our way inside the Basilica, or we were headed up the bell tower. Other times we just strolled and enjoyed the Square itself. As I said earlier, Venice was our favorite town we visited. It just seemed nice and relaxing, and alive, too.

An aerial view of the Square



The Doge's Palace

Views from the water


Notice the winged lion on the pillar? The winged lion is the symbol of Mark, and it's everywhere in Venice!!!

We had fun on this lion!!!


Here's another 24 hour clock!!! Also, see above the clock face, where the Roman numeral is on the left and the number 30 is on the right? This was the first "digital" clock. It changed time every 5 minutes. Pretty cool, huh?!


The Campanile (bell tower)

A view of the main part of the Square


I liked the arches and that I could see St. Mark's Basilica through them!




This is the Bridge of Sighs. (It's under scaffolding this year, but just know that a palace is to its right and a prison is to its left). Legend has it that, while prisoners were escorted from the palace to the prison, they would stop on this bridge and sigh, knowing that it would be quite a while, (if at all), before they would be able to see the canals of Venice again. That's how it got its name.

It was late, and these guys were just setting up! The Square stays lively for quite a while!