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On the equally attractive Piazza San Lorenzo, the Palazzo Papale has an impressive 13th-century Gothic loggia, opposite the Cathedral’s intriguing mixture of Gothic campanile (bell tower) and Renaissance façade with Romanesque interior.
Beside it, the Norman Gothic La Martorana church, partly remodeled with a Baroque façade and porch, has a fine campanile with four storys of slender mullioned windows.
Its airy arcades reach out to the 900-year-old basilica and turn a corner past the soaring brick campanile to the Piazzetta and landing stage of St. Mark’s basin (il Bacino), historic gateway to the Adriatic and distant ports beyond.
The piazza’s beloved Campanile (Bell Tower), at 99 m (324 ft) is the highest structure in the city, for 10 centuries its belfry, lighthouse, weather vane, and gun turret.
The first of its glories is the free-standing campanile, designed by the multi-talented Giotto.
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