On Piazza San Marco and Beyond, Venice, Venice, Italy

Hardly anyone who comes to Venice - be it for the first time or the fifth time - does not make a beeline for Piazza San Marco. I can’t claim any immunity from being awed by that monumental public space, so my first full day in Venice was almost entirely given to revisiting the famous landmarks there. Which probably means that most of the photo perspectives in this installment are not unfamiliar to you. (As luck would have it, parts of the square had renovation going on - cropping scaffolds out from view caused some lopsided compositions.)

If you approach the square from the west, this would be your first view of it, framed by the collonade of Museo Correr.

The aforementioned museum extends to the buildings around the square. Here is the northeast corner of the square, including Torre dell’Orologio with two bell-striking Moors on top and part of Basilica di San Marco, as seen from one of the windows of Museo Correr.

And the opposite view to the opening shot is the perspective from the loggia under the domes of the basilica.

I did find Venice less crowded than expected during my trip, most likely because certain groups of visitors were kept away by Covid or other restrictions. The piazza feels relatively deserted in the shot above. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).