CHURCH
OF SANTA MARIA DEI MIRACOLI
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Sestiere of Canaregio, XV sec.
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Santa
Maria dei Miracoli was built between 1481 and 1489 on a project by Pietro
Lombardo with the aim of giving a worthy placing to the icon of the
Virgin venerated since the 1408.
Church became one of the best example of the Venetian Renaissance: coloured
marbles, false colonnade on the walls, semicircular pediment...
Interior has just one nave with a barrel-vault and is dominated by the
big stair leading to the main altar totally decorated with statues by
Tullio Lombardo, Alessandro Vittoria and Nicoḷ di Pietro, while the
vault is divided in fifthy coffers decorated with the prophets's faces,
a work by Gerolamo Pennacchi's brother, Vincenzo dalle Destre and Lattanzio
da Rimini.
Santa
Maria dei Miracoli was built between 1481 and 1489 on a project by Pietro
Lombardo with the aim of giving a worthy placing to the icon of the
Virgin venerated since the 1408. 
