The Campanile di San Marco in the Piazza San Marco in Venice, Italy is an interesting structure and also the highest one in Venice towering 97 meters above the Piazza. Originally a watchtower was built on this site in the 9th century. As more construction was done, including a bronze roof, it was used as a 'lighthouse' because the sun would reflect off the roof and the rays would help sailors get their bearing.
The Campanile di San Marco in Venice, Italy was rebuilt three times from the 12th to 16th centuries and in 1513 the golden angel weather vane was placed on top. Around the same time Jacopo Sansovino built a loggia of marble at the foot of the Campanile.
For no apparent reason on July 14th 1902 the Campanile di San Marco...
... collapsed, amazingly no one was hurt, the only casualty was a cat. The citizens of Venice, Italy rebuilt the Campanile using all the same materials salvaged from the ruins. Unfortunately, only one of the five bells survived but it was placed in the new Campanile di San Marco and is still working today.
The Campanile in the Piazza San Marco, Venice, Veneto, Italy, Europe.
The Campanile towers over the busy Piazza San Marco in Venice, Italy.
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