The Royal Gardens of Venice () is a park located between the Piazza San Marco and San Marco basin, in Venice, Italy.
History
The history of the Royal Gardens dates back to the project to reform the Marciana area desired by Napoleon: in 1806, Bonaparte and the viceroy Eugène de Beauharnais used the new Procuratie at the Royal Palace, so architect Giovanni Antonio Antolini created the first plans for the residence with a garden to be laid out on the land overlooking the San Marco basin, already occupied by the Granai di Terra Nova, a Gothic building built in 1340 and once used as a location for the grain market and for small shops.
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