Cathedral of Saint Mark's and Bell Tower, Venice.
15/5/3090.00110
Photographer: Carlo Naya
Photograph date: 1875
Basilica date: 1071
Descriptive note printed on verso (in poor English): “St. Mark’s Cathedral with the Bell Tower and an arch of the Procuratie nuove: It is to be seen the façade of the Cathedral built in the Xth and XIth centuries in Byzantine style. At the right the great bell tower 313 engl. feet high, begun in the Xth century. An arch of the Procuratir nuove, frams [sic] the picture.”
The campanile of San Marco collapsed spontaneously on July 14, 1902, after this photograph was taken. A replica has since been rebuilt on the same spot.
Credit Line: Gift of Andrew Dickson White