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Floorplan
Exploration of the huge VisiTors’ CheCklisT
interior can be daunting.
The floorplan pinpoints Practical Information
12 highlights that should Campo dei Frari. Map 6 D1.
not be missed. Tel 041 275 04 62.
∑ chorusvenezia.org
open 9am–6pm Mon–Sat, 1–6pm
key to Floorplan
Sun & religious hols. Closed 1 Jan,
1 Canova’s tomb Easter, 15 Aug, 25 Dec. & except
2 Monument to Titian those attending Mass. ^ 9
3 Titian’s Madonna di Ca’ Pesaro 5 frequent.
4 Choir stalls Transport
5 Corner Chapel 4 San Tomà.
6 Tomb of Monteverdi
7 Tomb of Doge Nicolò Tron
8 High altar with Titian’s Assumption
of the Virgin
9 Tomb of Doge Francesco Foscari
10 Donatello’s John the Baptist (c.1450)
11 Bo Vivarini’s altar painting (1474),
Bernardo Chapel
12 Giovanni Bellini’s Madonna
Enthroned with Saints (1488)

Monument to Titian (1853)
Canova’s pupils Luigi and Pietro
Zandomeneghi built this
monument to Titian in place of the
one conceived by Canova himself.

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1 The campanile is 80 m (262 ft)
high, the tallest in the city after that
of San Marco.
2 Madonna di Ca’ Pesaro (1526)
shows Titian’s mastery of light
and colour.
3 The former monastery, which
houses the State Archives, has
two cloisters, one in the style of
Sansovino, another designed
by Palladio.

Entrance

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

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