Venipedia

What makes St Mark’s Square the most famous square in the world? Its history? Its concentration of beauty? Its unique position on the planet Earth? Join me on a journey through time and discover the jewels like the palaces, the monuments and the buildings that surround the square, the important people such as the Doges or the Procurators, the Sestiere of St Mark, the Royal Gardens and the church that you can’t see today.

Last but not least, you’ll get to know the history of the Carnival of Venice and two Venetian historical sayings. With pictures and masterpieces of art inside.

List of contents

1. The Sestiere of Saint Mark
2. Saint Mark’s Square
3. The Doges
4. Procurators of St. Mark’s
5. The first doge: Paoluccio Anafesto
6. The last doge: Lodovico Manin
7. The Royal Gardens
8. The Columns of Saint Mark’s Square
9. The Doge’s Palace
10. The Bridge of Sighs
11. St Mark’s Basilica
12. The funerary monument of Daniele Manin
13. The Clock Tower
14. St Mark’s Bell Tower
15. The Marciana National Library
16. Palazzo della Zecca
17. The Procuratie Vecchie
18. The Napoleonic Wing or the Procuratie Nuovissime
19. The ex church of San Geminiano and Correr Museum
20. Carnival of Venice
21. Tagiar la testa al toro (Cut the the bulls head)
22. De zioba grasso tute le boche lica