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VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Floorplan
Practical Information
The Frari’s imposing Campo dei Frari. Map 6 D1–E1.
cruciform interior, Tel 041 275 04 62. Open 9am–
which is 90 m 6pm Mon–Sat, 1–6pm Sun &
(295 ft) long, religious hols. Closed 1 Jan,
holds 12 sights 25 Dec. & unless attending
that should not Mass. 5 frequent. ^
be missed. ∑ chorusvenezia.org
Transport
4 San Tomà.
Key to Floorplan
1 Tomb of Canova 6 Tomb of Monteverdi 11 Bartolomeo Vivarini’s
2 Monument to 7 Tomb of Doge Nicolò Tron altar painting (1474),
Bernardo Chapel
Titian
8 High altar with Assumption 12 Madonna and Child
3 Madonna di Ca’ Pesaro of the Virgin (1518) by Titian with Saints (1488) by
by Titian Bellini
9 Tomb of Doge
4 Choir stalls Francesco Foscari
5 Corner Chapel 10 John the Baptist (c.1450)
by Donatello

. Madonna and Child
The sacristy’s altarpiece (1488)
by Bellini, with its sublime use
of colour, is one of Venice’s most
beautiful Renaissance paintings.

Entrance

Tomb of Canova
Canova designed, but never
constructed, a Neo-Classical
marble pyramid like this as a
monument for Titian. After
Canova’s death in 1822, the
sculptor’s pupils used a similar
design for their master’s tomb.

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