Campanile
tower, Venice, Italy
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feature of Venice
- In San Marco Basilica
The Campanile, separated from the church, was originally begun under the doge Pietro Tribuno (died 912). It was adapted into its present familiar form early in the 16th century. In 1902 it collapsed, but by 1912 it had been rebuilt on its original site.
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The Campanile, the massive 324-foot (99-metre) bell tower of the basilica, is a free-standing, slightly rectangular structure sheathed in Venetian red-clay brick. Soaring above the pinnacles of San Marco, it dominates the townscape and is visible for miles across the lagoon. In 1902 it…
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