The views are fantastic from Venice's famous brick bell tower, we were in Venice during March and it had snowed the day before, the day was sunny but it was freezing. Take your gloves, and a camera.
On a clear day you can see for miles from 325 ft up.
It stood here for 1,000 years before it collapsed one morning in 1912, practically without warning. It was swiftly rebuilt according to the old plan. Jacopo Sansovino's pretty marble loggia below, dating from the early 16th century, was crushed and promptly restored. In the 15th century, clerics found guilty of immoral behavior were suspended in wooden cages from the tower, sometimes forced to subsist on bread and water for as long as a year, other times left to starve. The stunning view from the tower on a clear day includes the Lido, the lagoon, and the mainland as far as the Alps but, strangely enough, none of the myriad canals that snake through the city.
COST: EUR6. June-Sept., 9 AM-sunset but not later than 9 PM; Oct.-May, 9-4; last entry 30 mins before closing. Closed 2-3 wks in Jan. Closed 2-3 wks beginning Jan. 6.
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Address: Campanile Piazza San Marco, Venice, Italy
Directions: St. Marks Square., Venezia Lido
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on Mar 14, 2004
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