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VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Practical Information
Campo Santi Giovanni e
Paolo (also signposted
San Zanipolo). Map 3 C5.
Tel 041 523 59 13. ∑ basilica
santigiovannie paolo.it
Open 9am–6pm Mon–Sat,
noon–6pm Sun. 5 8am &
6:30pm Mon–Sat, 9am, 11am
& 6:30pm Sun. 7 = &
Transport
4 Fondamente Nuove,
Ospedale Civile.

. Tomb of Andrea Vendramin
The nude figures of Lombardo’s
masterpiece (1476–8) were
considered unsuitable and
replaced by St Catherine and
St Mary Magdalene (side statues).

. Cappella di
San Domenico
Piazzetta’s Glory of
St Dominic for this chapel –
his only ceiling painting –
displays a mastery of The Nave
colour, perspective and The vast interior is cross-vaulted,
foreshortening. The artist held by wooden tie-beams and
had a profound influence supported by ten huge columns
on the young Tiepolo. of Istrian stone blocks.

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