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Off the Beaten Path in Venice: Churches tips and photos posted by real travelers and Venice locals.
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Churches: Madonna dell'Orto (I&V)
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  • Madonna dell'Orto (from Fondamenta dei Mori) - Venice
    Madonna dell'Orto (from
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    Madonna dell'Orto, one of the most beautiful "hidden" churches in Venice and "one of the greatest expressions of the Venetian Gothic" is settled in quiet and peaceful northern Cannaregio district. It was built in late 14th and reconstructed during 15th century. Originally dedicated to St Cristopher, the church changed its name because an ancient statue of Virgin, found in a nearby garden and considered to be miraculous, was brought there. The portal of the church is decorated with statue of St Christopher Carrying the Christ Child and twelve statues of the Apostles above it. There is a legend about one of thirty silver coins, Judas’ award for betraying Christ, being there, inside the sculpture of Judas. Madonna dell'Orto is the best known for the works of Jacopo Robusti called Tintoretto. Tintoretto lived nearby the church, he had been a parishioner of Madonna dell’Orto and, finally he had been buried in it. Tintoretto's six large canvases and four smaller ones are in Madonna dell'Orto. Eight of them are in the Chancel – all of the four smaller and the four of the large ones – "Moses Receiving the Tables of the Law", "The Last Judgment", "The Martyrdom of St Paul" and "The Vision of St Peter". The remaining two are the oldest one – "The Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple" and the one painted the last – "The Miracle of St Agnes". Tintoretto's paintings in Madonna dell'Orto were made during the period of about 25 years. Even in treasure box such as Venice, Madonna dell'Orto is very special jewel and it must not be missed.

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    Churches: San Pietro di Castello (I&V)
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    Church San Pietro di Castello is on the island San Pietro di Castello – isolated and peaceful part of Venice. There were church at the same place since 7th century, first dedicated to SS. Sergio and Bacco, and then it seems that it was rebuilt by Bishop Magnus in honour of St Peter, and, in honour of the island, it was named San Pietro di Castello. San Pietro di Castello was the he Cathedral of Venice until 1807, when the title passed to St Mark’s. After several reconstructions, it was "redesigned" by Andrea Paladio in 1596. Paintings in this church are made by Tizian, Paolo Caliari Veronese, Alessandro Varotari Padovanino, Marco Basaiti… There is so-called Throne of St Peter, presented to the Doge by Byzantine Emperor Michael III, in San Pietro di Castello. This throne, according to legend, was used by St Peter during his apostolic mission to Antioch of which he was the first bishop. Throne of St Peter plays an important role in Corto Maltese’s adventure in Venice. San Pietro di Castelo church is on the east side of Venice, and it can be reached by vaporetto ("San Pietro" station), or walking about 10 minutes north-east from Giardini.

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    Churches: Santa Maria dei Miracoli
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  • Santa Maria dei Miracoli has suffered from rising damp - hardly surprising considering its position surrounded by water -and has undergone restotation many a time. This "jewellery box" of a church is adorned with marble slabs and bas-relief thanks to its designer Pietro Lombardo (built 1481-9).The marble used for the church is said to have been that left over from the building of St. Mark’s Cathedral. The interior is just as ornate and I could just imagine a long wedding train sweeping up those steps to the altar - truly a romatic setting for a wedding. Its name derives from miracle working icon - enshrined in the main altar - said to have resucitated a drowned man.


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    Churches: San Giorgio Maggiore (V)
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    I am not sure if San Giorgio Maggiore is off beaten path – it is visible from Piazzeta San Marco and it can be easily reached by vaporetto ("San Giorgio" station), but whenever I entered it, it was empty or almost empty! San Giorgio Maggiore is church on the island of the same name. It is work of Andrea Paladio, although the building of this church, which began in 1566, was finished long after his death. There is Tintoretto’s "The Last Supper", painted from 1592 to 1594, in it. Tintoretto painted the Last Supper several times in his life (his paintings of the Last Supper are in Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Santo Stefano church and San Polo church, as far as I know), but this one, very surreal, has the amazing atmosphere and it is the most vivid of all. It is one of his greatest works – masterpiece by all means.

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    Churches: Fantastic Ceiling
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  • San Pantalon - I'd never heard of Fumiani until I went to Venice, but he painted one helluva fantastic ceiling here in the late 1600's. His dark, winged vision of the martyrdom of Saint Pantalon is spectacular, very much a 3-D illusionistic work. You'd never guess by the plain look of the church on the outside. At Campo San Pantalon, in Dorsoduro. Open only from 4:00pm to 6:00pm, Monday through Saturday.

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    Churches: Santa Maria Formosa – Mysterious Head (I&V)
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  • Santa Maria Formosa – mysterious & monstrous head - Venice
    Santa Maria Formosa –
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    Santa Maria Formosa is not off the beaten path at all, it is church, built in 15th and 16th century, on the square of the same name, and square & church are among the most visited tourist locations for the two reasons: their beauty and their position – approximately on the half way from San Marco square to San Giovanni e Paolo square. But what is often missed is the mysterious and monstrous head on the bell tower, on its side opposite of the church portal. We couldn’t find out anything more about it for quite a some time, but Ingrid – Trekki has managed. Here is the quotation from The Stones of Venice by John Ruskin about the subject of this tip – "A head, huge, inhuman and monstrous, leering in bestial degradation, too foul to be either pictured or described, or to be beheld for more than an instant; yet let it be endured for that instant; for in that head is embodied the type of evil spirit to which Venice was abandoned in the fourth period of her decline; and it is well that we should see and feel the full horror of it on this spot, and know what pestilence it was that came and breathed upon her beauty; until it melted away like the white cloud from the ancient field of Santa Maria Formosa."

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    Churches: San Geremia
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  • There are so many churches in Venezia, almost like mission impossible to visit each one of them. I've took this picture from vaporetto when passing by. Later on, when I come back home, I saw its name on the map of the town and unfortunatelly it is all I know about.

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    Churches: San Giovanni in Bragora (I&V)
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    According to legend, San Giovanni in Bragora was one of the seven original churches on the islands of Venice. Dedicated to St John the Baptist, the church had been founded at the beginning of the 8th century by St Magnus, the Bishop of Oderzo. It was restored in the 9th and the 12th centuries and rebuilt in 1475 in the Gothic style. Its brick facade is divided vertically by pilasters that mark the internal division of the church into nave and side aisles. Addition to its name is probably derived from the old dialectal word "bragolare", meaning the fishing trade, or from "bragola", meaning a market square, but another tradition states that the church took its name from the Greek "agora", which means simply "square". The best known painting in this church is "Baptism of Christ", made by Cima da Conegliano. Among the others are "Washing of the Feet" by Jacopo Palma il Giovane, "Virgin and Child with St John the Baptist and St Andrew" by Bartolomeo Vivarini, "Resurrection" by Alvise Vivarini… Antonio Vivaldi, famous Venetian composer and violinist, and Pietro Barbo, later to be Pope Paul II were baptized in Church San Giovanni in Bragora. San Giovanni in Bragora is located in Castello area on Campo Bandiera e Moro or De la Bragora, by Riva degli Schavioni.

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    Churches: Santa Maria della Fava
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  • The church of Santa Maria della Fava has a very interesting name, the meaning of Italian word fava is beans. According to old Venetian stories, loval pastrycooks made in this area bean's cake, which is a common Venetian cake. The church was built in 1711 by Antonio Gaspari. Although not much attractive and interesting from outside it is worth of visiting because inside the church, with many lateral chapels, some valuable paintings by Gian Baptista Tiepolo and Piazzetta can be seen.

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    Churches: Icons and Incense
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  • San Giorgio dei Greci - the smell of incense is my most vivid impression from this Greek Orthodox church in Castello. It's in a pleasant, green courtyard on a canal by the Ponte dei Greci. The inside is small, peaceful, and intimate, full of beautiful mosaics and Byzantine icons done by iconographers from Crete in the 1500's.

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