San Marco

"Our San Marco was a hero even then!" she cried; "an early Crusader fighting for his faith!"

The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus Lawrence Turnbull

Having reached the foot of the bridge, he turned without hesitation to the left, along a road called San Marco’s Street, as it seemed to him this must lead into the heart of the city.

Chapter XXXIV 1909

The Clock Tower at 5 Madison Ave. was completed in 1909 for use by insurer MetLife Inc. Designed by architect Napoleon LeBrun after the Campanile di San Marco in Venice, the 700-foot tower was the tallest building in the world until it was surpassed by the Woolworth building in Lower Manhattan in 1913.

Hilfiger Has Hotel Designs Craig Karmin 2011

Is it annoying to hear the gleeful comments of museum visitors trying to determine the precise location of Harry's Bar and the Danieli Hotel, or grinning with delight at realizing that a certain painting Michele Marieschi's "The Bacino di San Marco," 1739-40 looks like it must have been painted from the Hotel Cipriani's motorboat dock?

The Venice of Our Dreams Tom L. Freudenheim 2011

Rodigheiro often guides American families and says with kids the key "Is to do little bits of things: a boat ride, a gelato, climbing the bell tower." instead of San Marco, take kids to the San Giorgio Maggiore and climb the bell tower there, she says--cheaper and fewer crowds.

Eileen Ogintz: Family Travel In Venice Eileen Ogintz 2011

One of my personal favorites has to be the Basilica di Santa Croce in Lecce, but what about the Duomo in Milan, the Basilica of San Marco in Venice, or... well, just have a look yourself.

Paolo Rossi: The Most Beautiful Italian Churches (PHOTOS) Paolo Rossi 2011

The famous horses of San Marco were robbed from Constantinople's Hippodrome and mounted on the façade of the cathedral of Venice—which is itself a tribute to the Byzantine architecture of the dome, perfected six centuries earlier in the cap ital's great cathedral, the Hagia Sophia "Holy Wisdom".

The Glories of Byzantium Judith Herrin 2011

I had cannelloni and bellinis at Harry's Bar on Calle Vallaresso, and stopped to listen to, of all things, Hava Nagila, played by a band in San Marco.

My Perfect Honeymoon (That I Spent Alone) Jennifer Belle 2011

The clock tower was completed 102 years ago for insurer MetLife Inc. and was modeled after the Campanile di San Marco in Venice.

Saving the Clock Tower Craig Karmin 2011

One of my personal favorites has to be the Basilica di Santa Croce in Lecce, but what about the Duomo in Milan, the Basilica of San Marco in Venice, or... well, just have a look yourself.

Paolo Rossi: The Most Beautiful Italian Churches (PHOTOS) Paolo Rossi 2011