The two great granite columns in the Piazzetta are usually said to have been erected about 1170, but it is now thought more probable that this was done in the time of Doge Ranieri Zeno (1253–68) about 1268; the bases and capitals are 13th-century.
Os dúas grandes columnas de granito na Piazzetta dise que foron erixidas ao redor de 1170, pero agora crese máis probable que isto se fixo no mandato do Dux Ranieri Zeno (1253-1268) sobre 1268; as bases e capiteis son do século XIII.