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Scuola di San Giorgio
degli Schiavoni
CHURCH
( 041 522 88 28; Calle dei Furlani 3259a; adult/reduced €5/3; 2.45-6pm Mon, 9.15am-1pm &
2.45-6pm Tue-Sat, 9.15am-1pm Sun; ; Pietà)
In the 15th century, Venice annexed Dalmatia
- an area roughly corresponding to the former Yugoslavia - and large numbers of Dalma-
tians, known as Schiavoni, emigrated to Venice. In a testament to Venetian pluralism, they
were granted their own
scuola
(religious confraternity) in 1451. Around 1500, they began
building their headquarters, making the brilliant decision to hire Vittore Carpaccio (also of
Dalmatian descent) to complete an extraordinary cycle of paintings of Dalmatia's patron
saints George, Tryphone and Jerome.
Chiesa di San Giorgio dei Greci
CHURCH
( 041 522 65 81; Campiello dei Greci 3412; 9am-12.30pm & 2.30-4.30pm Wed-Sat & Mon,
9am-1pm Sun; Pietà)
Greek Orthodox refugees who fled to Venice from Turkey
with the rise of the Ottoman Empire built a church here in 1536, with the aid of a special
dispensation from Venice to collect taxes on incoming Greek ships. Nicknamed 'St Ge-
orge of the Greeks', the little church has an impressive iconostasis, and clouds of fine in-
cense linger over services. Other fabulous works by the Venetian school of icon painters
041 522
Pietà)
.
65 81;
www.istitutoellenico.org
; Campiello dei Greci 3412; adult/student €4/2;
10am-5pm;
Palazzo Querini Stampalia
MUSEUM