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St Mark's Clocktower

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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/

Facts
Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account
Clock tower 2
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Venice, Italy 3
Completed Year
1497 1
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)Sourced to the subject's own account
Tower 2
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Tower, Concepts

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

In Style

Renaissance Architecture, Styles and Movements
Source St Mark's Clocktower (Wikidata)
In the Other Atlases
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Italy, located there.
Sources
1. St Mark's Clocktower (Wikipedia)
  • Wikipedia categories
    Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1497
  • Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
    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.
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2. St Mark's Clocktower (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Clock tower)
Quote, Wikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Clock tower)
Wikidata item Q966625, instance of (P31): clock tower
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3. St Mark's Clocktower (Wikidata)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Venice, Italy
    Wikidata item Q966625, property P131/P17 (location): Venice, Italy
  • In Style: Renaissance Architecture, Wikidata P149
    architectural style: Renaissance architecture
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Wikidata: St Mark's Clocktower
Wikidata Q966625, class allow-list match (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926 resolve_missing)View the Source
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