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Piazza San Marco: before and after the building of the Ala Napoleonica

Place:Venice

Subjects: Architecture, Italy, Napoleon (King of Italy)

Key words: architecture, engraving, elevation, procuratie, palace, Giovanni Antonio Antolini, Giuseppe Maria Soli, Lorenzo Santi, arcades

Credits: Musei Civici Veneziani

Notes:

The building of the Ala Napoleonica in Piazza San Marco brought about the demolition of the church of San Geminiano (built by Sansovino) and the two edifices either side which formed the continuation of the Procuratie Vecchie (left) and the Procuratie Nuove (right).

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