The full panorama
All Venice as a map, the lagoon and its islands, the Alps on clear days.
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This one is taller, more famous, easier to reach โ and busier. San Giorgio opposite needs a short vaporetto hop but is far quieter, and its view puts St Mark's Square and this very tower in the frame โ which this tower cannot do. Photographers: San Giorgio.
The lift is a minute, and twenty to thirty minutes on the platform suffices. The queue is the variable โ from nothing at opening to an hour at summer midday.
In high wind, fog and occasional winter maintenance โ if the weather is rough, check before crossing the square for it.
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The Campanile is Venice's tallest structure โ about 99 metres of red brick crowned by a green spire and a golden angel that turns with the wind. For centuries it served as lighthouse and watchtower, and from its balcony Galileo demonstrated his telescope to Venice's rulers in 1609. The present tower is newer than it looks: the original collapsed suddenly in 1902 โ with miraculous politeness, killing no one โ and the city rebuilt it "as it was, where it was". Today the ascent is entirely by lift, no stairs at all, making it Italy's easiest great viewpoint. From the top Venice reads like a map: canals, domes and islands, with the Alps visible on clear days. The beloved irony: it is the one place in Venice from which you cannot see the Campanile.
All Venice as a map, the lagoon and its islands, the Alps on clear days.
It fell in 1902 without victims and was rebuilt "as it was, where it was" โ a phrase that became a restoration principle worldwide.
From this loggia Galileo showed his telescope to Venice's rulers in 1609.
Piazza San Marco, 30124 Venice