The rear apse of the Basilica di San Giovanni e Paolo, known in Venice as San Zanipolo |
Tall stained glass windows of the apse of the Chapel of Mary Magdalene on the southern façade of San Zanipolo |
Bartolomeo Colleoni Equestrian Monument by Andrea del Verocchio, Campo Giovanni e Paolo Santissimi |
Bartolomeo Colleoni, 1395-1475, a Condottieri "contractor" - professional mercenary leader |
The dome of San Zanipolo, Venice |
Campo Giovanni e Paolo Santissimi with San Zanipolo on the right and the Scuola Grande di San Marco, now a hospital, on the left |
Scuola Grande (Confraternity) di San Marco, 15th C. |
Scuola Grande di San Marco became an Austrian military hospital in 1819 and is now a civil hospital |
Lion of St. Mark on the façade of the Scuole Grandi di San Marco, one of the 6 old solidarity institutions of Venice |
Venetian Scuole Grandi were founded as charitable and religious organizations for the laity |
"Zanipolo" is a contraction in the Venetian dialect for Giovanni and Paolo |
Interior of San Zanipolo looking back at the main entrance from next to the high altar, Venice |
The Baroque crucifix over the main altar of San Zanipolo |
St. Vincent Ferrer polytych by Giovanni Bellini, ca 1465, San Zanipolo |
St. Sebastian from right side of the St. Vincent Ferrer polytych by Giovanni Bellini |
Venetian Renaissance painting of St. Sebastian by Giovanni Bellini, ca 1465, San Zanipolo, Venice |
St. Christopher on the left side of the St. Vincent Ferrer polptych by Giovanni Bellini ca 1465 |
Doge Pietro Mocenigo Monument by Pietro Lombardo, 1481, San Zanipolo |
Doge of Venice Pietro Mocenigo (1406-1476), Admiral who destroyed Smyrna in 1472 in retribution for defeat at Negroponte, 1470 |
Shield-bearer of the Coat-of-Arms of Doge Pietro Mocenigo, San Zanipolo |
Upper left figure on the Doge Pietro Mocenigo Monument, San Zanipolo |
Center right figure on the Doge Pietro Mocenigo Monument, San Zanipolo |
Statue of St. Jerome by Alessandro Vittoria, 1576, on Guglielmo Bergamasco's altar, San Zanipolo |
Orazio Baglioni Monument (1493-1530) mercenary commander of the Venetian army by Benvenuto Cellini, San Zanipolo |
Doge Nicolo Marcello Tomb (1399-1474)by Pietro Lombardo, San Zanipolo |
'Martyrdom of St. Peter' by Nicolò Cassala, 19th C, San Zanipolo |
Nicolò Cassala's 19th C. painting of the 'Martyrdom of St. Peter' replaces a 16th C. Titian destroyed by fire in 1867 |
Stained glass windows of San Zanipolo, Venice |
Stained glass window depicting San Teodoro, a patron saint of Venice, inscribed ”HIERONIMUS MOCETUS FACIEBAT”, San Zanipolo |
Stained glass window with three views of San Teodoro, a patron saint of Venice, San Zanipolo |
Round stained glass window, San Zanipolo |
Guido Reni's San Giuseppe (St. Joseph) San Zanipolo |
Early 20th C. funerary monument of Doge Sebastiano Venier (1496-1578) by Antonio dal Zotto, San Zanipolo |
Early 20th C. funerary monument of Doge Sebastiano Venier (1496-1578) by Antonio dal Zotto, San Zanipolo |
Chapel of Our Lady of the Rosary built to commemorate victory over the Turks at the Battle of Lepanto in 1571 |
20th C. terracotta statue of Our Lady of the Rosary by Carlo Lorenzetti, San Zanipolo |
La cacciati di Lucifero by Bonifacio de Pitati, ca 1630, on the right side of the Chapel of Our Lady of the Rosary, San Zanipolo |
Sarcophagus of Doge Michele Morosini (1308-1382) with a mosaic of the Crucifixion showing the Doge and his wife kneeling |
A pair of statues from the Tomb of Doge Marco Corner (1286-1368) by Nino Pisano |
Tomb with an equestrian statue of condottiero Nicolo Orsini (1442-1510) Captain-General of Venice, San Zanipolo |
Chapel of St. Dominic, San Zanipolo |
Chapel of St. Dominic, San Zanipolo |
Giambattista Piazzetta's "The Glory of St. Dominic" (1727) on the ceiling of the Chapel of St. Dominic, San Zanipolo |
Madonna della Pace by an unknown 13th C. Byzantine artist, San Zanipolo |
'Virtue Crowns Merit' by Giovanni Bonazza for the Tomb of Doge Silvestro Valier (1630-1700) San Zanipolo |
'La Maddalena e S. Luigi da Tolosa ai piedi del Crocifisso by Pietro Liberi, 1650 |
'La Maddalena e S. Luigi da Tolosa ai piedi del Crocifisso by Pietro Liberi, 1650 |
Tomb of Decemvir Alvise, 15th C. Venetian naval hero warn from centuries of footsteps on the floor of San Zanipolo |
Painting of Saint Catherine of Siena (1347-1380), a Dominican theologian, San Zanipolo |
Campo Giovanni e Paolo Santissimi, the square in front of San Zanipolo |