301 views Photo Uploaded: Aug 01 2007 19:39:37 GMT Taken: 2005:01:05 09:32:49 Manufacturer: Kodak Camera: Z700 ZOOMAperture: F4 Shutter: 1/750 sec Focal Length: 35mm ISO: 80 Flash: No (Auto) St Mark's Campanile (the bell tower of St. Mark) -- Venice, Italy
This bell tower's wooden spire was damaged in a fire in 1489, and then was further damaged in the 1511 earthquake. In 1902, the tower collapsed. It was completely reconstructed by 1912 exactly as it had stood before, and was also built from some of the materials from the collapsed structure. Remarkable, huh? | |