The square has always been the center of city life in Venice, both in the cultural sphere, both in political and economic. The Ducal Palace was the seat of government and supreme courts of the Republic, and prison. Between the two columns of Mark and Theodore executions took place instead, and the Pietra del Bando laws and decrees were announced, then posted on the door of the Charter. The basilica was the center instead of the religious ceremonies of state due to the presence of precious relics. He also had the function of the ducal chapel led by the Doge who appointed bishops. The power and wealth of the church of St. Mark were such that it had its own bishop, separate from the city and the Patriarch. La Loggia served as guard post at meetings of the Great Council, while the current Patriarchal Palace was the seat of the hall for lunches and parties in the Senate. The large square was the site of processions and tournaments, fairs and markets in the courtyard of the palace were kept hunting the bulls. Appeared in the eighteenth century carnival and coffee up to the musealization with the opening of the Civico Museo Correr.
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