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San Marco Square in Venice. Alinari brothers
1881–1887, 440 x 330 mm, collodion print.
Alinari Collection.
Italy.
Architecture.
Piazza San Marco often known in English as St Mark's Square, is the principal public square of Venice, Italy, where it is generally known just as la Piazza ("the Square"). Almost all the other urban spaces in the city (except the Piazzetta and the Piazzale Roma) are called campi ("fields"). The Piazzetta ("little Piazza/Square") is an extension of the Piazza towards San Marco basin in its southeast corner . The two spaces together form the social, religious and political centre of Venice and are referred to together. This article relates to both of them. A remark usually attributed (though without proof) to Napoleon calls the Piazza San Marco "the drawing room of Europe".
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Der San Marco Platz in Venedig. Gebrüder Alinari
1881–1887, 440 x 330 mm, Kollodiumdruck.
Sammlung Alinari.
Italien.
Architektur.
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