Doge's Palace
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The Doge's Palace is a palace built in Venetian Gothic style, and one of the main landmarks of the city of Venice in northern Italy. The palace included government offices, a jail, and the residence o
The Doge's Palace facing the lagoon
Late 14th-century drawing of Piazza San Marco and the Molo (by hearsay)
Venice, Piazza San Marco, detail of bird's-eye view from south by Jacopo de' Barbari, woodcut, 1500, Museo Correr
View of Doge's Palace, Campanile and San Marco Square from the Grand Canal. c. 1870–1890
St Mark's Basilica
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The Patriarchal Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark, commonly known as St Mark's Basilica, is the cathedral church of the Patriarchate of Venice; it became the episcopal seat of the Patriarch of Venice i
Doge's Palace
…via the Porta del Frumento, on the waterfront side of the building. The north side of the courtyard is closed by the junction between the palace and St Mark's Basilica, which used to be the Doge's chapel. At the centre of the courtyard stand two well-heads dating from the mid-16th century. In 1485, the Great Council…
Main façade of St Mark's Basilica at Piazza San Marco
Central nave looking east
The entry to St Mark's, believed to date to the Participazio church
Antonio Pellanda, reconstruction of the western façade of the Contarini church (1881)