You can also see the tower of the St. Mark's Ccathedral in the photo here. I hope I can find more photos in my file to share more about Venice, Italy. It's time to bid goodnight!
The tower is 98.6 metres (323 ft) tall, and stands alone in a corner of St Mark's Square, near the front of the basilica. It has a simple form, the bulk of which is a plain brick square shaft, 12 metres (39 ft) wide on each side and 50 metres (160 ft) tall, above which is the arched belfry, housing five bells. The belfry is topped by a cube, alternate faces of which show walking lions and the female representation of Venice (la Giustizia: Justice). The tower is capped by a pyramidal spire, at the top of which sits a golden weathervane in the form of the archangel Gabriel. The campanile reached its present form in 1514. As it stands today, however, the tower is a reconstruction, completed in 1912 after the collapse of 1902.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mark%27s_Campanile
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mark%27s_Campanile
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