St Mark's Clocktower

St Mark's Clocktower is an early Renaissance building on the north side of the Piazza San Marco in Venice, Italy, at the entrance to the Merceria. It comprises a tower containing the clock and lower buildings on each side, and adjoins the eastern end of the Procuratie Vecchie. Both the tower and the clock date from the last decade of the fifteenth century, though the clock mechanism has since been much altered. It was sited so the clock would be visible from the waters of the lagoon, announcing the wealth and glory of Venice to all who approached. The lower two floors of the tower form a monumental archway into the Merceria, the street that linked the city's political and religious centre with its commercial and financial centre. Today the clocktower is one of eleven venues managed by the Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/