San Marco is one of the six sestieri of Venice, lying in the heart of the city. San Marco also includes the island of San Giorgio Maggiore. Although the district includes Saint Mark's Square, that was never administered as part of the sestiere.
The area is densely built and was the location of Venice's government. It is now heavily touristed and is home to many hotels, banks and expensive shops.
Basilica di SanMarco (Saint Mark's Basilica), church in Venice that was begun in its original form in 829 (consecrated in 832) as an ecclesiastical structure to house and honour the remains of St. Mark that had been brought from Alexandria.
SanMarco Basilica, built beside the Palazzo Ducale, or Doges' Palace, also served as the doge's chapel.
of artworks from the Basilica di SanMarco and the Piazza SanMarco.
By then the canal called the Batario that ran west of the campanile had been filled in, and the church of S. Geminiano that straddled it had been taken down and rebuilt at the end of the extended square, across from St. Mark's.
This three-sided enclosure, the Piazza S. Marco proper, held the offices of the procurators of the basilica and a thirteenth-century hospice along the south side.
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