Architectural type Church | Affiliation Roman Catholic Completed 16th Century Architectural style Renaissance architecture | |
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Address Ruga Vecchia S. Giovanni, 30125 San Polo 480 Venezia VE, Italy Similar Sant'Alvise, San Giacomo dell'Orio, San Sebastiano - Venice, San Pietro di Castello, San Polo | ||
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San Giovanni Elemosinario is a church of Venice, northern Italy, dedicated to Saint John the Almsgiver.
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This church was founded in 1071, and was completely destroyed by the disastrous Rialto fire in 1514. The church was rebuilt by Antonio Abbondi called Scarpagnino. The painter Antonio Vassilacchi worked here in the 16th century. Nestled into the dense area near the Rialto Market (with your back to the Bridge on the San Polo side, turn left just past the flea market booths; the entrance will be through the frescoed arch behind iron gates on your left).
The altarpiece on the high altar depicts St. John the Almsgiver (1545-1550) by Titian; the right apse chapel houses Saints Catherine, Sebastian and Roch (c. 1533) by il Pordenone.
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