Clock Tower

San Marco

Clock Tower
  • Location: Clock Tower
  • Address: Piazza San Marco
  • E-Ticketing WWW: http://www.veneziaunica.it/
  • E-Mail: info@fmcvenezia.it
  • Phone#: 848.082.000
  • Opening: VISIT IN ENGLISH: Monday to Wednesday: 10 am and 11 am, Thursday to Sunday: 2 pm and 3 pm. Closed on December 25th and January 1st.

    VISITE EN FRANÇAIS: lundi, mardi et mercredi: 14h et 15h, jeudi, vendredi, samedi et dimanche: 10h et 11h. Fermé le 25 Decembre et le 1er Janvier.
  • Price: Full price: 12 €
    Reduced price: 7 € (ID is required).
    Children aged from 6 to 14; students aged from 15 to 25; coordinators (max. 2) for groups of children or students; citizens over 65; Venetian residents; holders of Rolling Venice Card; holders of Museums of St. Mark’s Square ticket or the Museum Pass; those purchasing tickets for Secret Itineraries Tour in Doge’s Palace; ICOM members; Ministero dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali e del Turismo (MiBACT) staff; MUVE Friend Card holders.
     
    Holders of the ticket for the Clock Tower get free admission to the Museo Correr, the Museo Archeologico Nazionale and the Monumental Rooms of the Biblioteca Marciana.
  • Transportation: Lines 1, 2, N (stop S. Marco Vallaresso). Lines 2, 10, A, B (stop S. Marco Giardinetti). Lines 1, 2, 7, 14, 15, 19, 20, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, B, N (stop S. Marco S. Zaccaria).
The tower was erected by Mauro Codussi (1496 - 1499) as a monumental gate to the city while its precious dial of gold and blue enamel used to mark life in the city with as much as phases of the moon and signs of the zodiac.
During the Adoration of the magi and Ascension day, from the upper storey the Magi statues emerge thanks to an outstanding mechanism, an engineering masterpiece, which enables them to kneel before the statue of the Virgin and go back in through the opposite door.
The terrace with the famous Moors completes the tower and offers a wonderful view of the city.