St Mark's Campanile (Campanile di San Marco in Italian) is the
bell tower of St Mark's Basilica in Venice, Italy, located in
the square (piazza) of the same name. It is one of the most
recognizable symbols of the city. The tower is 98.6 metres (323
ft) tall, and stands alone in a corner of St Mark's Square, near
the front of the basilica. It has a simple form, the bulk of
which is a plain brick square shaft, 12 metres (39 ft) wide on
each side and 50 metres (160 ft) tall, above which is the arched
belfry, housing five bells. The belfry is topped by a cube,
alternate faces of which show walking lions and the female
representation of Venice (la Giustizia: Justice). The tower is
capped by a pyramidal spire, at the top of which sits a golden
weathervane in the form of the archangel Gabriel. The campanile
reached its present form in 1514. As it stands today, however,
the tower is a reconstruction, completed in 1912 after the
collapse of 1902.