CHURCH OF SAN Fantin - Sestiere of San Marco, XVI sec. -

The architecture of this church is based on a project due to the Scarpagnino that was carried on by Jacopo Sansovino after the death of the Scarpagnino (1549) and finished in 1564, bringing brilliant changes as the construction of the presbitery and the beautiful apse. Nowaday the facade is characterised by austere simplicity due to the use of the "Istria Stone".
Interior has three naves and has architectural details quite similar to the San Salvatore Church. San Fantin is known for the presence of two Jacopo Palma il Giovane's paintings: Il Doge Luigi Mocenigo dopo la vittoria della battaglia di Lepanto (1571) and La Deposizione di Cristo nel Sepolcro (end of sixteenth century). Worthy of a visit is also the painting by Giuseppe Heinz il Giovane representing La Vergine, santi e il parroco Giovanni Pomelli che intercedono per liberare Venezia dalla pestilenza del 1630, a work that dates back to the end of the seventeenth century.