Sestiere San Marco, Venice

Parked gondolas with the Basilica of San Giorgio Maggiore
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Sestiere San Marco is one of the six sestieri or neighborhoods of Venice. It is the sestiere located right at the heart of the city, and is the most well known and visited.

Piazzetta San Marco, with the columns of San Marco and San Teodoro
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Sestiere San Marco is bounded to the west by the Grand Canal and to the east by Sestiere Castello. Across the Grand Canal from San Marco are the sestieri of San Polo and Dorsoduro. encampasses the Piazza San Marco. However the square is not administered as part of the sestiere.

Located across the Giudecca Canal (Canale della Giudecca) is the island of San Giorgio Maggiore, which is also administered as part of the sestiere of San Marco.

Palazzo Bellavite in Campo San Maurizio
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Author: Giovanni Dall'Orto


The clock tower of St. Mark's Square
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Places of Interest in Sestiere San Marco