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Chiesa di San Francesco della Vigna
CHURCH
Designed and built by Jacopo Sansovino with a facade by Palladio, this enchanting
Franciscan church is one of Venice's most underappreciated attractions. Bellini's
1507
Madonna and Saints
illuminates the Cappella Santa, just off the flower-car-
peted cloister. Swimming angels and strutting birds steal the scene in the delight-
ful
Virgin Enthroned,
by Antonio da Negroponte (c 1460-70). (
041 520 61 02;
www.sanfrancescodellavigna.it
; Campo San Francesco della Vigna 2786; admission free;
9.30am-12.30pm & 3-6pm Mon-Sat, 3-6pm Sun;
Celestia, Ospedale)
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Palazzo Querini Stampalia
MUSEUM
Modern meets baroque in this 16th-century palace, donated by Conte Giovanni
Querini Stampalia to the city in 1869 and updated by Carlo Scarpa in the 1940s.
Today contemporary art shows and summertime chamber- music concerts give the
palazzo
renewed relevance, and Venice's artiest
aperitivi
are served nightly in the
Carlo Scarpa-designed garden and cafe by modernist Mario Botta. (
041 271 14 11;
www.querinistampalia.it
; Campiello Querini Stampalia 5252;
Rialto, San Zaccaria)
