Parked gondolas with the Basilica of San Giorgio MaggioreSource: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Basilique_San_Giorgio_Maggiore_de_Venise.JPG
Author: Nono vlf
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© Deror avi
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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 MaurizioSource: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:8006_-_Venezia_-_Palazzo_Bellavite_e_San_Maurizio_-_Foto_Giovanni_Dall%27Orto,_12-Aug-2007.jpg
Author: Giovanni Dall'Orto
The clock tower of St. Mark's SquareSource: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Venedig_Uhrenturm01.jpg
Author: Nikater
Places of Interest in Sestiere San Marco
- St. Mark's Square - Main feature of the sestiere.
- Church of San Beneto
- Church of San Fantin
- Church of San Maurizio
- Church of San Moisè
- Church of San Salvador
- Church of San Samuele
- Church of San Zulian
- Church of Santa Maria del Giglio
- Church of Santo Stefano
- Harry's Bar
- Island of San Giorgio Maggiore
- La Fenice Theatre
- Palazzo Dandolo
- Palazzo Grassi
- San Moisè
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