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VISITORS’ CHECKLIST h Statue of Colleoni
Campo Santi Giovanni e Paolo.
Practical Information Map 3 C5. 4 Ospedale Civile.
Campo Santi Giovanni e Paolo (or
San Zanipolo). Map 3 C5. Tel 041 Bartolomeo Colleoni, the
523 59 13. Open 9am–6pm daily famous condottiere or
(from noon Sun & religious hols).
Closed Sun am (for Mass), 12:30– commander of mercenaries,
4:30pm Easter Sun & Christmas Day. left his fortune to the Republic
& 5 7 = ^ ∑ basilica on condition that his statue
santigiovanniepaolo.it was placed in front of San
Marco. A prominent statue
Transport in the piazza would have
4 Fondamente Nuove, broken with precedent, so the
Ospedale Civile.
Senate cunningly had Colleoni
raised before the Scuola di
San Marco instead of the
basilica. A touchstone of early
Renaissance sculpture, the
equestrian statue of the proud
warrior (1481–8) is by the
Florentine Andrea Verrocchio,
but was cast in bronze after his
death by Alessandro Leopardi.
The statue has a strong sense of
power and movement, which
arguably ranks it alongside the Palma il Vecchio’s St Barbara (c.1510) in
works of Donatello. Santa Maria Formosa
j Santa Maria Founded in the 9th century,
Formosa its façade was later rebuilt by
Antonio Gambello in Gothic
style. When Gambello died in
Campo Santa Maria Formosa. Map 7
C1. Tel 041 275 04 62. 4 Rialto. Open 1481, Mauro Coducci completed
10:30am–4:30pm Mon–Sat (4pm Mon). the upper section, adding many
Closed 1 Jan, Easter Sun, 15 Aug, 25 of its Renaissance panels.
Dec. & ^ ∑ chorusvenezia.org The interior’s artistic highlight
is Giovanni Bellini’s serene and
Designed by Mauro Coducci sumptuously coloured Madonna
in 1492, this church is most and Child with Four Saints (1505)
unusual in having two main in the north aisle. A door off the
façades – one overlooks the right nave leads to the Chapel
KEY campo, the other the canal. of St Athanasius, which in turn
The bell tower or campanile, leads to the Chapel of San
1 The doorway, which is decorated
with Byzantine reliefs and carvings added in 1688, is noted for the Tarasio. The chapel contains
by Bartolomeo Bon, is one of grotesque face at its base. vault frescoes (1442) by Andrea
Venice’s earliest Renaissance Two paintings stand out in del Castagno, and polyptychs
architectural works. the interior: a triptych (1473) by (1443–4) by Antonio Vivarini and
Bartolomeo Vivarini and Palma il Giovanni d’Alemagna.
2 The bronze statue is a Vecchio’s St Barbara (c.1510).
monument to Doge Sebastiano
Venier, who was Commander of
the Fleet at Lepanto. k San Zaccaria
3 Tomb of Andrea Vendramin,
Lombardo’s masterpiece (1476–8), Campo San Zaccaria. Map 8 D2.
takes the form of a Roman Tel 041 522 12 57. 4 San Zaccaria.
triumphal arch. Open 10am–noon, 4–6pm Mon–Sat,
4 The Baroque high altar, 4–6pm Sun & public hols. & chapels
begun in 1619, is attributed to and crypt. ^
Baldassare Longhena. Set in a quiet square just a
5 16th-century altar statues stone’s throw from the Riva
by Vittoria degli Schiavoni, the church
6 16th-century frescoes of San Zaccaria is a successful
attributed to Palma il Giovane blend of Flamboyant Gothic A Renaissance panel by Coducci on the
and Classical Renaissance styles. façade of San Zaccaria

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