Venice Clock Tower

Clock tower

 The museum

 The venue and the history

 The Torre dei Mori is one of the most famous architectural signs of Venice: it overlooks the access to the city's nerve center, the ancient Merceria, like a triumphal arch.  It is also an element of rupture and connection between the various architectural parts of the complex of Piazza San Marco and between the different urban functions that branch off from it: the seats of political and religious power;  the places of representation and those of the economy;  the view towards the sea and the articulation of the entire city building network.  The tower is, in short, with its large astronomical clock, a masterpiece of technique and engineering, an indispensable element of the image of Venice itself and has been marking its life, history and the continuous passage of time for exactly five hundred years.  .