At
the beginning it belonged to crociferi (religious order) but in
1657 passed to Gesuiti Order that totally modified the aspect.
Facade - projected by G. B. Fattoretto - represented an example of Venetian
baroque of the first part of eighteenthcentury. Internal decorations of
false brocade, done by
inlaying the marble, are the treasure of this church
that is known as well for the paintings by Jacopo Palma kept in the sacresty
and for the masterpiece by Tiziano, Il martirio di San Lorenzo (1558) on the first altar on the left handside.
The last paintings shows the turning-point of Tiziano toward the Mannerism.
At
the beginning it belonged to crociferi (religious order) but in
1657 passed to Gesuiti Order that totally modified the aspect.