The Palazzo Venezia or Palazzo Barbo, formerly Palace of Saint Mark, is a large early Renaissance palace in central Rome, Italy, situated to the north of the Capitoline Hill. Today the property of the Republic of Italy it houses the National Museum of the Palazzo Venezia. The main (eastern) facade measures 77 metres in length, with a height of about 31 metres. The north wing, containing the "Cibo Apartment", extending westwards, measures 122 metres in length. It covers an area of 1.2 hectares and encloses two gardens and the Basilica of Saint Mark. It was built in the present form during the 1450s by Cardinal Pietro Barbo (1417-1471), titular holder of the Basilica of Saint Mark, who from 1464 ruled as Pope Paul II. Barbo, a Venetian by birth as was customary for cardinals of the Basilica of Saint Mark, lived there even as pope and amassed there a great collection of art and antiquities. During the first half of the 20th century it became the residence and headquarters of the fascist dictator Benito Mussolini, who made notable orations from its balcony to huge crowds filling the Piazza Venezia.
Palazzo Venezia, main front (east front) facing the Piazza Venezia
The Torre della Biscia ("Biscia Tower") of Palazzo Venezia rises above the pines in Piazza di San Marco; adjoining the tower at left is the Travertine marble two-storied loggia covering the original south facade and main entrance to the Basilica of Saint Mark. View from the south-east, from the Victor Emmanuel II Monument on the Capitoline Hill, approximately the position of the Tower of Pope Paul III (demolished 1886). The Palazzetto is at left, having been moved in 1910 100 metres from its original position to the right of, and directly in front of, the Biscia Tower; the dome on the left is of the
East facade, facing Piazza Venezia, as rebuilt in 1450s by Pope Paul II (Pietro Barbo)
Palazzo Venezia cortile grande
San Marco Evangelista al Campidoglio, Rome
San Marco is a minor basilica in Rome dedicated to Saint Mark the Evangelist located in the small Piazza di San Marco adjoining Piazza Venezia. It was first built in 336 by Pope Mark, whose remains are in an urn located below the main altar. The basilica is the national church of Venice in Rome.
South façade of the basilica. To the right, Palazzo Venezia, the former embassy of the Republic of Venice, whose protector was St. Mark