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Piazza San Marco (often known in English as St Mark’s Square), is the principal public square of Venice, Italy, where it is generally known just as "the Piazza". The Piazza together with its extension Piazzetta to the lagoon to the southwest form the social, religious and political centre of Venice for the past several centuries and are commonly considered together.
A remark usually attributed to Napoleon calls the Piazza San Marco "the drawing room of Europe". (The attribution to Napoleon is unproven). It is one of the few great urban spaces in Europe where human voices prevail over the sounds of motorized traffic.
The church is commonly called St Mark’s Basilica,( in the name of Lord’s Apostle St. Mark, patron saint of the city whose relics are preserved int he church )but there are aspects of it which are so much a part of the Piazza, including the whole of the west facade with its great arches and marble decoration, the Romanesque carvings round the central doorway and, above all, the four horses which preside over the whole piazza and are such potent symbols of the pride and power of Venice that the Genoese in 1379 said that there could be no peace between the two cities until these horses had been bridled and, four hundred years later, Napoleon, after he had conquered Venice, had them taken down and shipped to Paris.
Most of the present structures were built during 12th and 13th centuries, although a church was there in the same place from at least 6th century. The church is rich with engravings, sculptures and paintings inside by renowned artists and the outside i decorated by marble columns and picturesque engravings on the facades. It is such a historic beauty of architecture and art blended so ornately..
The square also was very important in the political, social and art history of Venice and so of entire Europe.
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