St. Mark's Square in Venice is 175 meters long and up to 82 meters wide. It is the only square in Venice that bears the designation piazza. The other squares in Venice are called campi (from Italian campo: the field), because they were not originally paved. Even the square of the bus station is only called piazzale (Piazzale Roma). The square is dominated by the facade of St. Mark's Church (Basilica di San Marco) with its campanile and is enclosed by the old and new procuratoriums.
In the extension by the so-called Piazzetta it reaches up to before the Doge's Palace and opens there to the water, the Bacino di San Marco with the beginning of the Canal Grande. In front of St. Mark's Church, since 1480, there are three ship's masts on which the St. Mark's banner flies on Sundays and holidays. Since the square rises only slightly above sea level, it is repeatedly flooded during high tides (Acqua Alta). The square, as well as the entire city, is one big pedestrian zone.
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