Travel Reference
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Hello, gorgeous: from 18th-century duchess
andrienne
(hip-extending dresses) to
Anne Hathaway's mega-ruffled Versace Venice Film Festival ballgown, Palazzo
Mocenigo's historic, head-turning fashion will leave you feeling glamorous by as-
sociation, if a tad underdressed. Necklines plunge in the
Red Living Room
, leth-
al corsets come undone in the
Contessa's Bedroom
and men's paisley knee-
breeches reveal leg in the
Dining Room
. (
041 72 17 98;
http://mocenigo.visitmuve.it
;
Salizada di San Stae 1992, Santa Croce; adult/reduced €5/3.50, or with Museum Pass;
10am-5pm
Tue-Sun Apr-Oct, to 4pm Nov-Mar;
San Stae)
5
Chiesa di San Giacomo dell'Orio
CHURCH
La Serenissima seems serene as ever inside the cool gloom of this Romanesque
church, founded in the 9th to 10th centuries and completed in Latin-cross form by
1225, with chapels bubbling along the edges. Notable 14th- to 18th-century art-
works include luminous sacristy paintings by Palma Il Giovane, a rare Lorenzo
Lotto
Madonna with Child and Saints
and an exceptional Veronese crucifix (cur-
rently undergoing restoration).
(
www.chorusvenezia.org
; Campo San Giacomo dell'Orio 1457,
Santa Croce; admission €3, or with Chorus Pass;
10am-5pm Mon-Sat;
Riva de Biasio)
6
Chiesa di San Giovanni Elemosinario
CHURCH
Hunkering modestly behind skimpy T-shirt kiosks is this soaring Renaissance
brick church, built by Scarpagnino after a disastrous fire in 1514 destroyed much
of the Rialto area. Cross the darkened threshhold to witness flashes of Renaissance
genius: Titian's tender
St John the Almsgiver
(freshly restored and returned from
the Accademia) and gloriously restored dome frescoes of frolicking angels by
Pordenone.
(Ruga Vecchia di San Giovanni 477, San Polo; admission €3, or with Chorus Pass;
10am-5pm Mon-Sat, 1-5pm Sun;
Rialto-Mercato)
