San Marco Campanile (Belltower), Venice, Italy
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The tower is 98.6 meters tall, and stands alone in a corner of St Mark's Square, near the front of the basilica. It has a simple form, the bulk of which is a plain brick shaft, 12 meters on a side and 50 meters tall, above which is the arched belfry, housing five bells. The belfry is topped by a cube, alternate faces of which show walking lions and the female representation of Venice (la Giustizia: Justice). The tower is capped by a pyramidal spire, at the top of which sits a golden weathervane in the form of the archangel Gabriel. The campanile reached its present form in 1514. As it stands today, however, the tower is a reconstruction, completed in 1912 after the collapse of 1902.
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San Marco Campanile (Belltower), Venice, Italy
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Filename: san_marco_campanile_500.jpg
Date: 2007:07:23
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Camera: Canon PowerShot A640
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On 2009/01/10, Will said:
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On 2007/09/10, Will said:
[Latitude, Longitude] 45.43416250094674, 12.339234352111816
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