Place Saint-Marc

History

If it has today an interest above all historical, architectural and tourist, it was in the past the center Politique, religious and economic of the République of Venice. It is called by Napoleon Bonaparte “the most elegant living room of Europe”,

This place, the only one to deserve this title ( piazza ) with Venice, all others being called campo , form an irregular quadrilateral bordered of arcades and remarkable Monument S. Its arcades shelter coffees and shops of tourism whose Café Florian celebrates it 1720 with its Symphony orchestra in terrace (7,50 € the Cappuccino and 8,67 € the):

In north, the old Procuraties ( Procuratie vecchie ) and the tower of the clock, under which emerge the street of the drapery which connect the Saint-Marc place to the Pont of Rialto
In the south, the Procuraties news ( Procuratie nuove ), and the Bibliothèque Marciana (or Libreria Vecchia )
In the east, the Basilique Saint-Marc, the Palais of the Doges and the bell-tower of Saint-Marc
In the west, opposed to the basilica, the Napoleonean Aile ( Ala napoleonica ) which closes the bottom place by connecting the Procuratie vecchie and nuove .

The part of the place which joined the Grand Channel, between the Palais of the Doges and the Biblioteca Marciana is called " Piazzetta dei Leoncini ". It comprises two surmounted columns, for that of left, of the winged Lion in Bronze of holy Marc the evangelist, and for that of right-hand side, Saint Theodore in Marbre. A superstition would like that a Vénitien truth never passes between the columns. It is possible that the fact that formerly it was the place of the capital executions is there for something.

The place Saint-Marc, very popular with his famous Pigeon S, attracts in any season a crowd of tourists and photographers. The pigeons can be nourished by the tourists only on this place.

The Saint-Marc place is regularly flooded for the periods of high waters of the Lagune.

Marc saint

In 828, Giustiniano Participazio, 11th Doge of the Christian city of Venice seeks a new powerful celestial guard to protect the city and to replace Saint Theodore to compete with Rome and its patron saint holy Pierre. Two Venetian merchants manage to go to steal the Relique S crowned of holy Marc the evangelist in the small vault of the small fishing port of Bucoles near to Alexandria in Egypt where he had suffered the Martyr E. The Basilique Saint-Marc of Venice is especially built for the occasion, to shelter its Relique S with the which Catholic church lent at the time of the capacities Divin and he becomes thus powerful Patron saint of Venice with his Lion like Symbole (Tétramorphe) of the city. (The Angel for Holy Matthieu, the eagle for holy Jean and the Bull for Holy Luc). Marc had come évangéliser the area to the Ier century by boat and had made shipwreck in the Lagune which was going to give birth in 452 to Venice. A Ange had appeared to him and had then told him these words: " Peace on you Marc my evangelist, you will find the rest " here;.

See too

Odonyme celebrates

External bonds

Jacqueline Remy, Saint-Marc , in the Express train of the 7/25/2005
the place, its tourists, and its pigeons
Official site of Holy the Florian Coffee of the place Marc
on WikiMapia

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