St. Mark’s Clock Tower is an early Renaissance building on the north side of the Piazza San Marco, at the entrance to the Merceria. It comprises a tower, which contains the clock, and lower buildings on each side. Both the tower and the clock date from the last decade of the 15th century, though the mechanism of the clock has subsequently been much altered. It was placed where the clock would be visible from the waters of the lagoon and give notice to everyone of the wealth and glory of Venice. (from Wikipedia)

As I said before, there really were fences and people everywhere!

Best to view in "Original" because other versions resized by PBase are decidedly unsharp.

Where have all the pigeons gone, posted earlier: