Santa Maria dei Derelitti

Veneza / Itália

Santa Maria dei Derelitti, commonly known as the church of the Ospedaletto, is a Renaissance-style, consecrated church in the Calle della Barbaria delle Tole of the sestiere of Castello, Venice, Italy.

San Cassiano, Venice

Veneza / Itália

San Cassiano is a 14th-century Roman Catholic church located in the San Polo sestiere of the Italian city of Venice. A church has stood on the site since 726 with the present building dedicated to Saint Cassian of Imola being consecrated in 1376 and re-modelled during the 17th century. It has a plain exterior with several adjacent buildings overlapping it. Its interior however is richly decorated in a Baroque style. The church is located on the Campo San Cassiano, site of the world's first public opera house, west of the Rialto Bridge and is open to visitors Tuesday-Saturday mornings.The church houses three paintings by the Italian artist Tintoretto, including The Crucifixion of Christ painted in 1568 which the art critic John Ruskin described as, "the finest [example of a Crucifixion painting] in Europe". However, the most famous painting associated with the church is paradoxically one which is no longer there. The San Cassiano altarpiece, painted for this church by Antonello da Messina, was the first major example of oil painting in the city. It disappeared from the church in the 17th century and was cut into sections; the remaining known pieces are re-united in Vienna.

San Giobbe

Veneza / Itália

The San Giobbe Altarpiece is a c. 1487 oil painting by the Italian Renaissance master Giovanni Bellini, now in the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice.

San Giovanni Grisostomo, Venice

Veneza / Itália

San Giovanni Grisostomo is a small church in the sestiere or neighborhood of Cannaregio, Venice. The church was founded in 1080, destroyed by fire in 1475, then rebuilt starting in 1497 by Mauro Codussi and his son, Domenico. Construction was completed in 1525. The bell tower dates from the late 16th century. The interior is based on a Greek cross design. Behind the façade are hung two canvasses, formerly organ doors, by Giovanni Mansueti depicting Saints Onuphrius, Agatha, Andrew and John Chrysostom. Onuphrius was the co-titular patron saint who was revered by the confraternity of the Tentori . In 1516, a relic of the saint, his finger, was donated to this church. The chapel on the right has the painting Saints Christopher, Jerome and Louis of Toulouse by Giovanni Bellini. On the left rear, the chapel of the Rosary or Madonna della Grazie has an altarpiece of Saints John Chrysostom, John the Baptist, John the Evangelist, Theodore, Mary Magdalene, Lucy and Catherine by Sebastiano del Piombo, commissioned by Caterina Contarini. On the wall of the apse are a series of canvases on the life of Saint John Chrysostom and Christ. On the high altar is a relief of the Deposition from the Cross. To the left is the chapel built for Giacomo Bernabò, with sculptural design by Codussi. The marble altarpiece of the Coronation of the Virgin was completed by Tullio Lombardo. Ceiling: God the Father, fresco by Giuseppe Diamantini.

Igreja de São João em Bragora

Veneza / Itália

A Igreja de São João em Bragora é uma igreja de Veneza , templo católico situado no sestiere de Castello. Foi fundada em princípios do século VIII, supostamente por São Magno de Oderzo. No século seguinte, com o Doge Pietro III Candiano, foi reconstruída para albergar as supostas relíquias de São João Batista, a quem está dedicada, e de novo em 1178. Pietro Barbo, futuro Papa Paulo II, e Antonio Vivaldi foram ambos batizados nesta igreja. O aspeto actual deve-se à sua última renovação , que manteve a planta de basílica mas juntou uma fachada de tijolo num estilo gótico local tardio, e uma fachada dividida em três secções. No interior podem ver-se obras de Cima da Conegliano e Alvise Vivarini, bem como um teto sustentado com vigas de madeira. A origem do termo Bragora é incerta, podendo derivar do grego agorá , em referência ao campo que fica em frente à igreja, ou de termos do dialeto local bragora ou bragolare .

San Zulian

Veneza / Itália

The Chiesa di San Giuliano , commonly called San Zulian in the Venetian dialect, is a church in Venice. San Zulian is in the parish of San Salvador. It is situated on the Merceria, the main shopping street of the city. Originally a structure from the 9th century; it underwent a number of reconstructions, including likely after the 1105 fire of the neighborhood. The façade was constructed in 1553-1554 by Jacopo Sansovino, and completed after his death in 1570 by Alessandro Vittoria. The flattened classical temple façade was paid for by the scholar Tommaso Rangone, whose bronze seated portrait appears above the door. In his hands, the physician Rangone holds sarsaparilla and guaiacum, two plants which he used to treat syphilis and yellow fever. The reliefs also depict a map of the world as was known at his death. As befitting his broad-ranging interests in classic texts, the flanking inscriptions are in Latin , Greek and Hebrew text. The interior was also designed by Sansovino, and the church consecrated in 1580.

Basílica de São Pedro de Castello

Veneza / Itália

A Basílica de São Pedro de Castello é uma basílica na extremidade norte-oriental da cidade de Veneza, no sestiere de Castello, perto do Arsenal. É co-catedral de Veneza, em conjunto com a Basílica de São Marcos. Fundada no século VII, na ilha de Olivolo, local de um antigo povoado que mais tarde foi integrado na nascente cidade de Veneza, segundo a tradição foi consagrada pelo Bispo de Eraclea como igreja bizantina dedicada aos santos mártires Sérgio e Baco. Na viragem do século VIII para o século IX Veneza foi o centro de lutas políticas que opunham o Patriarca de Grado, João I , ao Doge de Veneza Galbaio Maurice e seu filho João, no confronto entre o Império Franco e o Império Bizantino. Foi nesse ponto de colisão em 775 Maurizio Galbaio criou um novo bispado em Olivolo, nomeando Obelário como o primeiro bispo da futura diocese de Castello. Veneza tornou-se a nova capital do ducado em 812. A catedral foi reconstruída em 841 pelo poderoso bispo Orso Partecipazio, filho e neto dos doges, e dedicar-se-ia a São Pedro Apóstolo. A este edifício sucederam-se outros, por incêndios que sucessivamente foram destruindo as construções. O edifício actual foi iniciado em 1596.

Igreja de Santo Estêvão (Veneza)

Veneza / Itália

A Igreja de Santo Estêvãon é um grande edifício religioso de Veneza , no extremo setentrional do Campo Santo Stefano no sestiere de San Marco, não muito longe da ponte da Academia.

Scuola Grande dei Carmini

Veneza / Itália

The Scuola Grande dei Carmini is a confraternity building in Venice, Italy. It is located in the sestiere of Dorsoduro, before Campo dei Carmini and Campo Santa Margherita, upon which its facade looks. It stands, separated by an alley, to the northeast of the church of Santa Maria dei Carmini.