San Marco is one of the six

sestieri A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the title of (). Formed ac ...

Venice Venice ( ; ; , formerly ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 islands that are separated by expanses of open water and by canals; portions of the city are li ...

, 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 () 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 has been much painted, ...

. 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 Patriarchal Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark (), commonly known as St Mark's Basilica (; ), is the cathedral church of the Patriarchate of Venice; it became the episcopal seat of the Patriarch of Venice in 1807, replacing the earlier cathed ...

, the

Doge's Palace The Doge's Palace (''Doge'' pronounced ; ; ) is a palace built in Venetian Gothic architecture, Venetian Gothic style, and one of the main landmarks of the city of Venice in northern Italy. The palace included government offices, a jail, and th ...

, Harry's Bar, the

Palazzo Dandolo The Hotel Danieli is a palatial five-star hotel in Venice, Italy. The central wing of the hotel was built as the Palazzo Dandolo at the end of the 14th century, by one of the Dandolo families. CNN cites it as one of the top five "lavish hotels" ...

, Palazzo Corner Contarini dei Cavalli,

Palazzo Corner Valmarana Palazzo Corner Valmarana is a palace in Venice, located in the San Marco district and overlooking the Grand Canal. It locates not far from the Ponte di Rialto, between Palazzo Cavalli and Palazzo Grimani di San Luca. History It is a 16th-centu ...

, Palazzo D'Anna Viaro Martinengo Volpi di Misurata, Palazzo Cavalli, San Moisè, the

La Fenice Teatro La Fenice (; "The Phoenix Theatre") is a historic opera house in Venice, Italy. It is one of "the most famous and renowned landmarks in the history of Italian theatre" and in the history of opera as a whole. Especially in the 19th cen ...

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 ...

and

Palazzo Bellavite Palazzo Bellavite is a 16th-century Venetian palace, located in Campo San Maurizio, in the San Marco district. It is also known as Palazzo Bellavite Baffo, because the last member of the Baffo family lived there. History Tha palace was commissio ...

, and the

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es of San Beneto,

San Fantin San Fantin (short for San Fantino) is a church in the sestiere of San Marco in Venice, Italy. It stands in front of the Fenice Theater and adjacent to the Ateneo Veneto (the former Scuola grande di San Fantin). This parish church was first erect ...

, Santa Maria del Giglio, San Maurizio, San Moisè, Santo Stefano,

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San Zulian The Chiesa di San Giuliano (Church of St Julian), commonly known by its Venetian name of San Zulian, is a church on the , the main shopping street of Venice, Italy, in the parish of San Salvador. Originally built in the 9th century, it underwen ...

and San Samuele. The area is densely built and was the location of Venice's government. It is now heavily

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ed and there are many

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s and expensive shops. San Marco is also a place which is used in several video games such as in ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. File:0 Venise, Sestiere San Marco vu du campanile de San Giorgio Maggiore.JPG, San Marco seen from the bell tower of

File:Piazza San Marco (Venice) at night-msu-2021-6449-.jpg, St Mark's Square

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