Piazza San Marco is the principal public square of Venice, and it is surrounded by buildings that reflect the history of the Venetian Republic. It originated in the ninth century as a small space in front of the first church of Saint Mark, built to house the relics of the evangelist that Venetian merchants had brought from Alexandria. The square was greatly enlarged in the twelfth century, and later the Doge's Palace, the Procuratie, the Campanile and the Basilica of San Marco took on their present form. Napoleon is said to have called it the finest drawing room in Europe. The square is subject to frequent flooding at high tide.
Before and after
- 896 CEBattle of Boulgarophygon
- 9th centuryGunpowder
- 9th centuryOrigins of Andorra la Vella
- 9th centuryConstruction of Prague Castle
- 9th centuryConstruction of Piazza San Marco
- 9th centuryHanbalism
- 10th centuryConstruction of Pannonhalma Archabbey
- c. 907 CEOrigins of Bratislava
- from 907 CE to 960 CEFive Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period
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The era
This moment belongs to the Medieval world (500 CE to 1500 CE), kingdoms, faiths and trade routes.