|
CHURCH OF SAN
PIETRO A CASTELLO -
Sestiere of Castello,
IX sec. -
This
church was the cathedral of Venice 'till the 1807, when Saint Mark's Basilic
became the religious centre of city. San Pietro was rebuilt on a previous
building of the seventh century a.C. and dedicated to San Pietro by the
bishop Magno. Original building, as appears nowadays, it's the result
of a remake, partially completed, based on a project by Palladio.
Interior has a Latin crossed plan, composed of three naves. It keeps paintings
of the sixteenth century, a marble crucifix and a Chair that traditions
attributes to Saint Peter.
Here, seignory used to come the eight of January to commemorate the end
of the pestilence in the 1630. In memory of all the episodes of plague
that threw Venice and the entire Europe into confusion, also San Lorenzo
implora l'aiuto divino per la liberazione di Venezia dalla peste del 1447
by Antonio Bellucci painted in the end of 1600.
|
Points
of interest to visit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|