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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.
Here, souvenir shops, pricey boutiques and bar/cafés cluster around the pretty 17th-century domed church of Santo Stefano in the Piazzetta (officially though infrequently called Piazza Umberto I) where the funicular lets you off.
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.
Erected over an older Byzantine-style castle, the present 14th- to 15th-century Flamboyant Gothic building fronts the Piazzetta and the basin, the first building to behold upon arrival in Venice.
Venice’s dazzling basilica, the Doges’ Palace (Palazzo Ducale), and the 500-year-old Clock Tower (Torre dell’Orologio), all within the sprawling Piazza San Marco and adjacent Piazzetta, are the very focus of the city’s life.