Final night in Venice -Pt. 1

So our evening ended up very relaxed with walking around Marco Square. We really hoped to feed the birds but looks like it’s illegal now. 😞

* Venice is built on the water and is supported by millions of wooden piles, each about 14 cm thick and up to 3 metre long. Of these, 100,000 are used to support the campanile on the San Marco square.

- Originally, this was a very small area constructed back in 900 A.D. Two hundred years later, after they dug the famous Grand Canal Venice landmark, workers filled in the area and surrounded it with a dock.
-A bell tower, which has an incredible height of 323 feet. But in 1902 (after surviving a couple earthquakes) it fell... but was rebuilt exactly the same. (But stronger)
- The Piazza San Marco is the only square in Venice which is called a Piazza.Read more