Views from St Mark's Campanile, Il Campanile di San Marco
- Venice skylines and views
Il Campanile, St Mark’s Campanile, is the tallest building in Venice, with a height of 98.6m, and stands next to St Mark’s Basilica. There is a modern elevator that goes to the observation deck, that we visited. The first Campanile collapsed in 1906 (due to damage from storms, earthquakes, lightning etc) and the current tower replaced it in 1912. The previous tower reached its full height in 1514. The red brick structure is topped by a pyrmid structure with a weather vane in form of the archangel Gabriel. At the observation deck level there is a belfry that can be seen by visitors. The most remarkable detail is that Venice’s canals cannot be seen from above, not even Canal Grande, the tower is not high enough. The Logetta is a decorative neo-classical structure that was built on the foot of the Campanile and is the entrance.
