Religious Sites in Venice

Religious Sites in Venice

Sights Overview
Name Category Location
 
Basilica di San Marco
An opulent synthesis of Byzantine and Romanesque styles, Venice's...
Religious Sites Piazza San Marco
 
Campo San Polo
Only Piazza San Marco is larger than this square, and the echo...
Religious Sites San Polo and Santa Croce
 
Campo Santo Stefano
In Venice's most prestigious residential neighborhood, you'll...
Religious Sites San Marco and Dorsoduro
 
Chiesa della Pietà
Unwanted babies were left on the steps of this religious institute...
Religious Sites Castello
 
Chiostro di Sant'Apollonia
Behind the basilica and over a bridge, a short fondamenta leads...
Religious Sites Castello
 
Gesuati
When the Dominicans took over the church of Santa Maria della...
Religious Sites San Marco and Dorsoduro
 
Gesuiti
Extravagantly baroque, this 18th-century church completely abandons...
Religious Sites Cannaregio
 
Madonna dell'Orto
Though built toward the middle of the 14th century, this church...
Religious Sites Cannaregio
 
Palazzo Grassi
Built between 1748 and 1772 by Giorgio Massari for a Bolognese...
Religious Sites San Marco and Dorsoduro
 
Punta della Dogana
The François Pinault Foundation had Japanese architect...
Religious Sites San Marco and Dorsoduro
 
San Francesco della Vigna
Although this church contains some interesting and beautiful...
Religious Sites Castello
 
San Giorgio Maggiore
There's been a church on this island since the 8th century, with...
Religious Sites San Giorgio Maggiore and the Giudecca
 
San Giovanni Elemosinario
Storefronts make up the facade, and the altars were built by...
Religious Sites San Polo and Santa Croce
 
San Michele
Tiny, cypress-lined San Michele is home to the pretty San Michele...
Religious Sites Islands of the Lagoon
 
San Sebastiano
Paolo Veronese (1528-88), although still in his twenties, was...
Religious Sites San Marco and Dorsoduro
 
San Stae
The most renowned Venetian painters and sculptors of the early...
Religious Sites San Polo and Santa Croce
 
San Zaccaria
A striking Renaissance facade, with central and upper portions...
Religious Sites Castello
 
Sant'Alvise
For Tiepolo fans, trekking to the outer reaches of a pleasant...
Religious Sites Cannaregio
 
Santa Maria dei Miracoli
Tiny yet harmoniously proportioned, this early-Renaissance gem...
Religious Sites Cannaregio
 
Santa Maria della Salute
The view of La Salute (as this church is commonly called) from...
Religious Sites San Marco and Dorsoduro
 
Santa Maria Formosa
Guided by his vision of a beautiful Madonna, 7th-century Saint...
Religious Sites Castello
 
Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari
This immense Gothic church of russet-color brick was completed...
Religious Sites San Polo and Santa Croce
 
Santi Giovanni e Paolo
This massive Dominican church, commonly called San Zanipolo...
Religious Sites Castello
 
Santissimo Redentore
After a 16th-century plague claimed some 50,000 people, nearly...
Religious Sites San Giorgio Maggiore and the Giudecca
 
Scuola Grande dei Carmini
When the order of Santa Maria del Carmelo commissioned Baldassare...
Religious Sites San Marco and Dorsoduro
 
Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista
This scuola was founded in the 13th century, but the actual building...
Religious Sites San Polo and Santa Croce
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