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CHURCH
OF S. MARIA GLORIOSA DEI FRARI -
Sestiere
of San Polo.
XIV
sec. -
Santa Maria Gloriosa
dei Frari surely is one of the bigger churches in Venice
and an important Franciscan Architecture's example. Francescan friars
got the land in 1250 by doge Jacopo Tiepolo and immediately built a little
church with an opposite orientation compare to the modern one. Santa Maria
Gloriosa dei Frari, as appears nowadays, dates back to the middle of fourteenth
century and got its model from SS. Giovanni e Paolo Church, that is in
San Marco's Sestiere. At its side raises the bell tower, one of the highest
of entire Venice, built in 1396.
Facade is characterized by a pointed door and by the magnificent statue
of redentore by sculptor A. Vittoria.
Interior has three naves with a latin cross plan and keeps important masterpieces
of Venetian art.
On the main altar is L'Assunta by Tiziano, on Pesaro altar is Martirio
di Santa Caterina by Jacopo Palma il Giovane; while Pesaro Chapel
keeps La Vergine col bimbo, putti musicanti e santi by Giovanni
Bellini (1488).
Moreover Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari keeps unique sculptures as wooden
San Giovanni Battista by Donatello, monuments of Jacopo Marcello
and Beato Pacifico.
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Points
of interest to visit
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- Events and Titbits
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Carmini School:
Tiepolo's paintings
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S. Roccco School:
Tintoretto's paintings
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