Another revelation is that the floor pattern of the Piazza has no relation to its sides.

The roofs of Venice we observe to be neither red nor brown, but something between the two.

Looking first to the north, over the three flagstaffs and the pigeon feeders and the Merceria clock, we see away across the lagoon the huge sheds of the dirigibles and (to the left) the long railway causeway joining Venice to the mainland as by a thread.

Immediately below us in the north-east are the domes of S.
Mark's, surmounted by the graceful golden balls on their branches, springing from the leaden roof, and farther off are the rising bulk of SS.

Giovanni e Paolo, with its derivative dome and golden balls, the leaning tower of S.Maria del Pianto, and beyond this the cemetery and Murano.