San Marco is one of the six

sestieri A (plural: ) is a subdivision of certain Italian towns and cities. The word is from (‘sixth’), so it is thus used only for towns divided into six districts. The best-known example is the ''sestieri'' of Venice, but Ascoli Piceno, Genoa, Mi ...

Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 bridges. The isla ...

, lying in the heart of the city as the main place of Venice. San Marco also includes the island of

San Giorgio Maggiore San Giorgio Maggiore ( vec, San Zorzi Mazor) is one of the islands of Venice, northern Italy, lying east of the Giudecca and south of the main island group. The island, or more specifically its Palladian church, is an important landmark. It ha ...

. Although the district includes Saint Mark's Square, that was never administered as part of the sestiere.

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The small district includes many of Venice's most famous sights, including St Mark's Square, Saint Mark's Basilica, the Doge's Palace, Harry's Bar, the Palazzo Dandolo, Palazzo Corner Contarini dei Cavalli, Palazzo Corner Valmarana, Palazzo D'Anna Viaro Martinengo Volpi di Misurata, Palazzo Cavalli, San Moisè, the La Fenice theatre, the

Palazzo Grassi Palazzo Grassi (also known as the Palazzo Grassi-Stucky) is a building in the Venetian Classical style located on the Grand Canal of Venice (Italy), between the Palazzo Moro Lin and the campo San Samuele. History First owners During the 16th c ...

and Palazzo Bellavite, and the

church Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship * C ...

es of San Beneto, San Fantin, Santa Maria Zobenigo, Santa Maria del Giglio, San Maurizio (Venice), San Maurizio, San Moisè, Santo Stefano di Venezia, Santo Stefano, San Salvador di Venezia, San Salvador, San Zulian and San Samuele, Venice, San Samuele. The was built in venice. It is now heavily touristed and there are many hotels, banks and expensive Retailing#Shops and stores, shops. San Marco is also a place which is used in several video games such as in ''Tekken'', ''Assassin's Creed II'', and ''Venetica''.

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{{coord, 45.434, N, 12.333, E, display=title, source:dewiki San Marco, Sestieri of Venice

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