Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Sights
1
Zanipolo
BASILICA
Inside this massive 14th- to 15th-century cathedral are original Murano stained-
glass windows and 25 doges' tombs by such notable sculptors as Nicola Pisano and
Tullio Lombardo. Paolo Veronese's Cappella del Rosario ceiling depicts the
Madonna ascending a staggering staircase, while the second chapel on the right
features a Bellini altarpiece. Giambattista Lorenzetti's southwest chapel dome
shows Jesus scanning the heavens like a Venetian sea captain.
(Chiesa dei SS Giovanni
e Paolo;
041 523 59 13;
www.basilicasantigiovanniepaolo.it
; Campo Zanipolo; adult/reduced €2.50/
1.25;
9am-6pm Mon-Sat, noon-6pm Sun;
Ospedale)
2
Scuola di San Giorgio degli Schiavoni
CHURCH
Multicultural Castello was frequented for centuries by Turkish merchants, Ar-
menian clerics, and Balkan and Slavic labourers. This 15th-century religious con-
fraternity headquarters is dedicated to favourite Slavic saints George, Tryphone
and Jerome of Dalmatia, whose lives are vividly depicted in minute detail by early
Renaissance master colourist Vittore Carpaccio. (
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)
3
Giardini Pubblici
GARDEN
The city's leafy public gardens are the main home of the Biennale, hosted in pavil-
ions representing global modernist architecture. The playground and other sec-
tions are open year-round, and you may be able to wander around to admire the
pavilion facades.
(
www.labiennale.org
;
Giardini, Biennale)
