Adelson, typically, was consumed with things large and small: the precise replication of the CampanilediSanMarco and the Bridge of Sighs, the tassels on the curtains, the question of whether it was cheaper to rent or buy cranes (he bought), the color of the canals (he ordered them drained and their surface repainted, for a more perfect blue).
The majestic Basilica diSanMarco and its grand Campanile bell tower that rises above Piazza SanMarco, call to mind the golden age of the Republic of Venice, which ended in the early 18th Century.