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Riva degli SchiavoniMonument dedicated to Vittorio Emanuele II first King of unified Italy in 1861
(Ettore Ferrari; 1887)
Medaglie per commemorare l' Unità d'Italia
Ettore Ferrari (1848–1929) was the Italian sculptor who in 1887 created the statue of Ovid for the city of Constanţa, Romania (the ancientTomis, where the Latin poet was exiled)
Riva degli Schiavoni Stretching west from San Marco, this paved boardwalk is one of the world’s great promenades. Schiavoni (literally, ‘Slavs’) refers to the fishermen from Dalmatia who arrived in Venice in medieval times and found this a handy spot for casting their nets
Riva degli Schiavoni
Riva degli Schiavoni
Riva degli Schiavoni, Ponte sul Rio del Vin
Riva degli Schiavoni, Ponte sul Rio del Vin
Riva degli Schiavoni, Rio del Vin
Venice, Rio del Vin
Riva degli Schiavoni, Ponte sul Rio del Vin
Riva degli Schiavoni, Ponte sul Rio del Vin
The Molo, the open end at the water's edge of Piazzetta San Marco
The Biblioteca Marciana building and The Loggetta, designed by Jacopo Sansovino (XVI)
St Mark's Campanile (Campanile di San Marco) 98.6 meters tall. Originally built in the ninth century, the current version was rebuilt in 1912 after the original tower collapsed in 1902
“Piazza San Marco is one of the few delicate works of architecture that can absorb a bustling vulgar crowd without loss of dignity” Hugh Honour
The heart of tourist Venice is Saint Mark's Square, the Piazza San Marco
The Pillars of Acre are from the Church of St. Polyeuktos in Constantinople
The Pillars of Acre and Porta della Carta, the ceremonial entrance to the Doge's Palace
The centerpiece of the piazza is, of course, magnificent St. Mark's Basilica
Commissioned in 1071 by doge Domenico Contarini, this amazing church is built in Venetian-Byzantine style, a mixture of western and eastern styles
Detail of the north façade
The most important Byzantine lunetta in Venice, at the central entrance to the Basilica di San Marco
A 19th-century replacement Last Judgment over the main portal that replaced a damaged one with the same subject
Facade Mosaics at two of the five entrances of Basilica San Marco
Procession of St Mark's Relics Mosaic
Procession of St Mark's Relics Mosaic
There are five portals or entrances on the eastern façade of San Marco that faces St. Mark’s Square. Each is decorated with an exquisite golden mosaic.The originals were created in the 12th and 13th centuries but four of them were recreated about 600 years later. This one, the first on the left is the only one on the façade still surviving from the 13th century
Nicknamed the "Church of Gold" because of its opulence, it has been the seat of the Patriarch of Venice, archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Venice, since 1807
Many of the Catholic Bishops Patriarch of Venice have gone to become Pope, including 20th century popes Pius X, John XXIII, and Pope John Paul I
carved in porphyry the “Four Tetrarchs” The Judgment of Solomon at the corner of the Doge's Palace
Napoleon is credited with calling Piazza San Marco the "drawing room of Europe"
Two large granite columns, thought to have been erected between 1172 – 1177, brought from the city of Tyre (in present-day Lebanon)
Pictures: Sanda Foişoreanu Gabriela Cristescu InternetCopyright: All the images belong to their authors
Presentation: Sanda Foişoreanuwww.slideshare.net/michaelasanda
Sound: Il Divo - Il Divo - Sei Parte Ormai Di MeSei Parte Ormai Di Me
2015
Piazza San Marco has been a destination for locals and visitors for
more than a millennium. One of the
world's top urban public spaces, called
Saint Mark's Square in English, the piazza is
the center of life in Venice, lined by some
of the best Renaissance
architecture standing today. It's also an
open-air museum of great sculpture, with
each bronze and carved marble work of
art telling a story. Every year, more than 3 million people come to Venice, considered
one of the most important arts and
culture destinations in the world
