Piazza San Marco

Piazza San Marco is a dynamic open space organically connected to the buildings which frame it. It shows how much is lost if the ensemble is divided into the individual structures of Doges' Palace, Basilica of San Marco, Campanile and so on. This title shows the events that took place there as a barometer of 1,000 years of Venetian history.

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The Piazza San Marco in Venice is the most famous and instantly recognisable townscape in the world, visited by literally millions every year. This highly original book, an ideal companion to a visit, is the first to consider the square as a coherent whole, a dynamic open space organically connected to the buildings which frame it. It shows how much understanding is lost if this ensemble is divided (as histories and guide books conventionally do), into a series of individual structures (the Ducal Palace, the Basilica of St Mark, the Campanile etc.), each 'marvellous' in its own right but functionally separate.


'A beautifully produced, generously documented and lavishly illustrated volume, which is certain to become a basic reference for students of the city.' Theodore K. Rabb Times Literary Supplement