St Mark's Square is the main square of Venice. It is roughly divided into St Mark's Square proper and the Piazzetta, a small square between St Mark's Square and the canal. St Mark's Square and the canal. St Mark's Square is flanked by the long arched buildings of the Old Procuratorates and the New Procuratorates. Procuratoria and the New Procuratoria. The procurators regulated all the public life of the city, so their number increased from year to year and a separate building was needed to house this bureaucracy. the construction of a separate building to house this bureaucratic apparatus, which happened at the beginning of the 16th century. In the building of the New Procuratorates was later located Napoleon's residence. It is now home to the Correr Museum, which houses a collection of Canova's paintings. collection of paintings by Canova, Bellini, Carpaccio and some Byzantine artists.
The Piazzetta can be described as the magnificent atrium of the grandiose Piazza di St. St Mark's Square. The monuments which rise in this small square are of exceptional importance. importance: on the left it is flanked by the Sansovina Library and on the right by the Doge's Palace. В in the old days it was the site of a food market and only in 1536 a Doge's decree decreed that the Piazzetta should be free of shops. The Piazzetta executions were carried out.
On the side of the pavement are two columns of red marble; they were brought to Venice from the East in 1125. Venice from the East in 1125 and were not installed until 1172. The column of St. St Theodore's column bears the name of this saint revered in Venice, as his statue, made up of parts of different origins, adorns the top of the column. On another column is a bronze winged lion, the symbol of St Mark, of unknown origin.
