{"id":360,"date":"2008-11-18T19:56:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-18T19:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ireland.markciecior.com\/?p=360"},"modified":"2024-11-27T21:55:43","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T21:55:43","slug":"keeping-watch-over-the-lagoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ireland.markciecior.com\/?p=360","title":{"rendered":"Keeping Watch Over the Lagoon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Though the price was steep, we took the elevator to the top of St. Mark&#8217;s belltower and got incredible views of Venice.&nbsp; This was the ideal picture-taking venue.&nbsp; The pictures below start facing east and slowly turn counter-clockwise until we started looking down at the square &#8211; and people&#8217;s houses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img 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