Religious Sites in Venice

Sights Overview

Name	Category	Location

Basilica di San Marco An opulent synthesis of Byzantine and Romanesque styles, Venice's...	Religious Sites	Piazza San Marco

Campo San Polo Only Piazza San Marco is larger than this square, and the echo...	Religious Sites	San Polo and Santa Croce

Campo Santo Stefano In Venice's most prestigious residential neighborhood, you'll...	Religious Sites	San Marco and Dorsoduro

Chiesa della Pietà Unwanted babies were left on the steps of this religious institute...	Religious Sites	Castello

Chiostro di Sant'Apollonia Behind the basilica and over a bridge, a short fondamenta leads...	Religious Sites	Castello


Gesuati When the Dominicans took over the church of Santa Maria della...	Religious Sites	San Marco and Dorsoduro

Gesuiti The interior walls of this early-18th-century church resemble...	Religious Sites	Cannaregio

Jewish Ghetto The neighborhood that gave the world the word ghetto is today...	Religious Sites, Neighborhoods / Streets	Cannaregio

Madonna dell'Orto Though built toward the middle of the 14th century, this church...	Religious Sites	Cannaregio

Palazzo Grassi Built between 1748 and 1772 by Giorgio Massari for a Bolognese...	Religious Sites	San Marco and Dorsoduro

San Francesco della Vigna Although this church contains some interesting and beautiful...	Religious Sites	Castello

San Giacomo dell'Orio It was named after a laurel tree (orio), and today trees give...	Religious Sites, Squares	San Polo and Santa Croce

San Giorgio Maggiore There's been a church on this island since the 8th century, with...	Religious Sites	San Giorgio Maggiore and the Giudecca

San Giovanni Elemosinario Storefronts make up the façade, and the altars were built...	Religious Sites	San Polo and Santa Croce

San Michele Tiny, cypress-lined San Michele is home to the gracefully elegant...	Religious Sites	Islands of the Lagoon

San Sebastiano Paolo Veronese (1528-88), although still in his twenties, was...	Religious Sites	San Marco and Dorsoduro

San Stae The church of San Stae—the Venetian name for San Eustacchio...	Religious Sites	San Polo and Santa Croce

San Zaccaria Practically more a museum than a church, San Zaccaria bears a...	Religious Sites	Castello

Sant'Alvise For Tiepolo fans, trekking to the outer reaches of a pleasant...	Religious Sites	Cannaregio

Santa Maria dei Miracoli Tiny yet harmoniously proportioned, this Renaissance gem, built...	Religious Sites	Cannaregio

Santa Maria della Salute The most iconic landmark of the Grand Canal, La Salute (as this...	Religious Sites	San Marco and Dorsoduro

Santa Maria Formosa Guided by his vision of a beautiful Madonna, 7th-century Saint...	Religious Sites	Castello

Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari Completed in 1442, this immense Gothic church of russet-color...	Religious Sites	San Polo and Santa Croce

Santi Giovanni e Paolo A venerated jewel, this gorgeous church looms over one of the...	Religious Sites	Castello

Santissimo Redentore After a plague in 1576 claimed some 50,000 people—nearly...	Religious Sites	San Giorgio Maggiore and the Giudecca

Scuola Grande dei Carmini When the order of Santa Maria del Carmelo commissioned Baldassare...	Religious Sites	San Marco and Dorsoduro

Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista This scuola was founded in the 13th century, but the actual building...	Religious Sites	San Polo and Santa Croce

Torcello Some people call this tiny island the most magical place in Venice...	Religious Sites, Islands	Islands of the Lagoon
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