Basilica di San Giorgio Maggiore
Basilica di San Giorgio Maggiore rises on its namesake island in Venice, where its white marble façade stands against the lagoon. Andrea Palladio designed the Renaissance church, built between 1566 and 1610.
Inside, a long nave meets a cruciform plan beneath plain white walls, large columns, and pilasters. Tintoretto’s Last Supper and The Jews in the Desert flank the presbytery, while his Entombment of Christ hangs in the Chapel of the Dead. Jacopo and Domenico Tintoretto, Jacopo Bassano, and Leandro Bassano add further works, while Benedictine monks historically directed the decoration of the chapels. The island also holds the monastery complex, Teatro Verde, Lo Squero auditorium, and a marina.
The campanile first rose in 1467, collapsed in 1774, and returned in neoclassical form by 1791. Its summit looks across Venice, with the lagoon and the city spread beyond the brilliant façade.
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