Piazza San Marco

Italian, Venetian; architect: Jacopo Sansovino (Italian, 1486-1570), architect: finished by Vincenzo Scamozzi (Italian, 1552-1616)
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Libreria Sansoviniana
Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana
Biblioteca di San Marco
Saint Mark’s Square
Libreria Vecchia
Old Library of St. Mark’s
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/16311
Description
general view, twin granite columns on the edge of the Grand Canal, from the southeast, with the entire facade of the Biblioteca di San Marco
Type of Work
Library (building); Piazza (square); Square (open space)
Subject
Canals, Architecture -- Orders, Urban planning, Columns, Plazas, Piazza San Marco (Venice, Italy), Basilica di San Marco (Venice, Italy), Grand Canal (Venice, Italy), Palazzo ducale (Venice, Italy), National libraries, Architecture, Renaissance, Pedestrian areas, Architecture -- Italy, Architecture, Italian, Classicism in architecture
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