Piazza San Marco – Venice, Italy

Piazza San Marco (often known in English as Saint Mark's Square), is the principal square of Venice, Italy. It is one of the few great urban spaces in a Europe where human voices prevail over the sounds of motorized traffic, which is confined to Venice's waterways. It is the only urban space called a piazza in Venice; the others, regardless of size, are called campi. As the central landmark and gathering place for Venice, Piazza San Marco is extremely popular with tourists, photographers, and pigeons. The Piazza is dominated by the Basilica, the Doge's Palace and the Basilica's campanile, which…