St Mark's Campanile in Venice was given its belfry and spire by Giorgio Spavento, with Pietro Bon directing the work, for the procurators of Saint Mark de supra after a fire in 1489. The article names no architect for the 1902 to 1912 rebuild. The infobox gives 9th century to 1513, while the text says construction began in the early tenth century and structural work ended in June 1514.
The article describes a simple form recalling its defensive origins, with a Renaissance belfry. The shaft is brick and the belfry Istrian stone. The rebuild used reinforced concrete, larch piles and titanium tension cables. The tower is 323 feet (98.6 m) tall.
It collapsed on July 14, 1902, and the council chose to rebuild it where it was and how it was. It was inaugurated on April 25, 1912, and a permanent elevator was installed in 1962. It is Venice's tallest structure. The article gives no hours.
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