Location Venice, Italy Groundbreaking 18th century Phone +39 041 529 8711 Architect Lorenzo Boschetti | Architectural type Church Architectural style Neoclassicism Affiliation Catholic Church | |
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Address Campo San Barnaba Dorsoduro, 2771, 30100 Dorsoduro, Venezia VE, Italy Province Metropolitan City of Venice Similar Ponte dei Pugni, Dorsoduro, Santi Apostoli - Venice, San Pantalon, I Gesuiti - Venice | ||
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The church of San Barnaba is a small Neoclassic-style church in district of Dorsoduro in Venice, It is located in Campo San Barnaba. It is dedicated to the Apostle Saint Barnabas.
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History
A church at the site was built in the ninth century, but destroyed by fire in 1105. Rebuilt in 1350, it was reconstructed in present form in 1776 under the patronage of Marcantonio Grimani using designs of Lorenzo Boschetti. The 11th-century campanile, detached from the main body of the church, has a pine-cone shaped spire from the 1300s. To the left of the church was the entrance to the Casin dei Nobili (Casino of the Aristocracy), which was an active gaming house in the 18th century. The church is presently deconsecrated and used for exhibits.
The church was used as a library in the 1989 film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, acting as the entrance to the tomb of a Grail Knight.