Piazza San Marco (Italian pronunciation: [ˈpjattsa san ˈmarko]; Venetian: Piasa San Marco), often known in English as St Mark's Square, is the principal public square of Venice, Italy, where it is generally known just as la Piazza ("the Square").

Apr 15, 2025 · St. Mark’s Square is located in the San Marco neighbourhood, in the heart of the city. It’s 180 metres long and 70 metres wide and is the only square in Venice, since the rest of the squares are instead called campi and campielli. It’s good to know that there’s also the bus and tram square called Piazzale Roma, in the Santa Croce district.

Jun 3, 2019 · Piazza San Marco, or Saint Mark's Square, is the largest and most important square in Venice. Being the widest swath of flat, open land in the water-bound city, it has long been a popular meeting place for Venetians and visitors alike.

Aug 24, 2021 · St. Mark’s Square, Venice’s largest and most important piazza, is among the most famous piazzas in all of Italy, its grand nature inspiring even Napoleon to call it the “drawing room of Europe”.

Feb 14, 2025 · In this post, I list the 12 must-see things in St. Mark's Square in Venice, in a self-guided walking tour format. My wife and I visit Venice regularly and most of the images in this post were from our first, magical visit to the City of Bridges.

Oct 5, 2022 · St Mark’s Square (Piazza San Marco), surrounded by numerous magnificent historic buildings, is the beautiful principal public square of Venice. Famously Napoleon is said to a have described the square as ‘the finest drawing room in Europe ‘.

Apr 15, 2025 · Piazza San Marco, or Saint Mark's Square, is the famous main square Venice, including the Saint Mark's Basilica and the Doge's Palace.

The Basilica of San Marco overlooks one of the most beautiful squares in the world, a real marble salon, the city center for centuries.

Dec 24, 2023 · Considered one of the finest squares in the world and certainly Venice's prime attraction, it is surrounded on three sides by the stately arcades of public buildings and on the fourth, by Basilica di San Marco's riot of domes and arches and the soaring St. Mark's campanile.

The centerpiece of the piazza is, of course, magnificent St. Mark’s Basilica. Commissioned in 1071 by doge Domenico Contarini, this amazing church is built in Venetian-Byzantine style, a mixture of western and eastern styles.