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The library, boasting a fine
carved 16th-century ceiling, is
now a Museum of the History
of Medicine, displaying antique
texts and instruments. The
hospital chapel, the Church
of San Lazzaro dei Mendicanti,
contains an early Tintoretto,
Saint Ursula and the 11,000
Virgins, and works by Veronese.

e Santi Giovanni
e Paolo
See pp120–21.

r Ospedaletto
Calle Barbaria delle Tole, 6691 Castello.
Map 4 D5. Tel 041 309 66 05.
4 Ospedale Civile. Open on request
(€60 for guided tour). & 8
Beyond the south flank of Santi
Giovanni e Paolo (see pp120–21)
is the façade of the Ospedaletto
or Santa Maria dei Derelitti. The The decorative façade of the Scuola Grande di San Marco
Ospedaletto was set up by the
Republic in 1527 as a charitable Andrea Palladio in 1575. Its façade Veronese’s The Holy Family with
institution to care for the sick was added in 1674 by Baldassare Saints (1562) and Antonio da
and aged, and to educate Longhena. The huge, hideous Negroponte’s Virgin and Child
orphans and abandoned girls. heads on the façade have been (c.1450). The Madonna and Child
Such an education consisted described as anti-Classical with Saints (1507) by Giovanni
largely of the study of music. abominations, likened to Bellini hangs near the cloister.
The girls performed in choirs and diseased figures and swollen
orchestras, bringing in funds for fruit. The interior of the church
the 1776 sala della musica, which is decorated with notable y San Lorenzo
became the main performance paintings from the 18th century, Campo San Lorenzo. Map 8 D1.
venue and features frescoes by including The Sacrifice of Isaac 4 San Zaccaria. Closed for restoration.
Jacopo Guarana. (1720) by Giambattista Tiepolo.
The church, which formed part The church of San Lorenzo’s only
of the Ospedaletto, was built by claim to fame is as the alleged
t San Francesco burial place of Marco Polo (see
della Vigna p147). Unfortunately, there is
nothing to show for it because
Campo della Confraternità. Map 8 E1.
Tel 041 520 61 02. 4 Celestia. his sarcophagus disap peared
Open 8am–12:30pm, 3–6:30pm daily. during rebuilding in 1592.
In 1987 restorers
The name “della Vigna” derives discovered the foun-
from a vineyard that was dations of two earlier
bequeathed to the churches, dating from
Franciscans in 1253. AD 850 and the late
The church which 12th century. The
the order built here in foundations of the
the 13th century was present medieval
rebuilt under Jacopo structure and
Sansovino in 1534, substantial remains
with a façade added of the marble floor have
in 1562–72 by Palladio. been damaged by water
The interior has a rich Marco Polo seeping in from the
collection of works of art, adjacent canal. Restoration
Fresco by Guarana in the sala della musica including sculpture by work is planned but its future
of the Ospedaletto Alessandro Vittoria, Paolo use is as yet undecided.

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