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Piazzetta San Marco

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Original – View of Piazzetta San Marco toward Grand Canal of Venice, at dawn, with Doges' Palace on the left and Biblioteca Marciana on the right. The two columns are, from left to right, Saint Mark's, protector of the city, and Saint Theodore's.

Reason

Large size, nice blue hour timing, gives a context for where the palace is located and... not a single d*mn tourist (ok there's one on the left) means zero distraction (although not quite representative of how insanely busy this place usually is).

Articles in which this image appears

Doge's Palace

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Architecture

Creator

blieusong

• Support as nominator – Blieusong (talk) 20:34, 29 September 2015 (UTC)
• Comment What's with the blurred banner in the center-left of the picture? Can something be done about it? (Amazing picture and detail otherwise.) Dusty777 03:01, 30 September 2015 (UTC)
  • Oh yes, this banner is very blurred indeed. And not only that: the area below seems to be blurred, too! Strange effect, but not really attractive. Banner and wall behind seem to form an unreal amalgam. How comes? --Tremonist (talk) 12:17, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

Perhaps it is an effect of stitching? A banner on the right side has an identical problem. Dusty777 18:09, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

Possible. But it should be corrected then. --Tremonist (talk) 12:04, 1 October 2015 (UTC)

• Blurred because of the wind and long exposure (so definitely not fixable). - Blieusong (talk) 17:25, 1 October 2015 (UTC)

• As beautiful as the photo otherwise is, this still poses a problem. --Tremonist (talk) 13:19, 2 October 2015 (UTC)

• Man, that's rough. I'm afraid I have to Oppose due to the banner :/. Beautiful, beautiful picture... Dusty777 03:25, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

• Support —Jobas (talk) 15:04, 30 September 2015 (UTC)
• Support, quite possibly the most striking perspective lines I've seen on a high quality image in a while. — Cirt (talk) 22:48, 30 September 2015 (UTC)
• Support High and great quality and resolution. --Pokéfan95 (talk) 00:16, 4 October 2015 (UTC)
• Support – Yann (talk) 22:03, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

Promoted File:Piazzetta San Marco Venice BLS.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:42, 9 October 2015 (UTC)

• Added to Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places/Urban instead. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 20:42, 9 October 2015 (UTC)