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Its two destinies come together in the Piazza del Duomo, where open-air cafés and ice cream parlors look up a long monumental staircase to the Arab-Norman campanile and polychrome mosaic façade of the Romanesque cathedral, built as a symbol of the republic’s glory.
Its collapse fortunately hurt no one, but did crush Jacopo Sansovino’s beautiful 16th-century Loggetta, equally lovingly restored as the entrance to the campanile’s elevator.
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.
Just four minutes by vaporetto from the Piazzetta, on its own little island, is the church of San Giorgio Maggiore; its campanile offers the most photogenic view of the city and its lagoon.
The first of its glories is the free-standing campanile, designed by the multi-talented Giotto.