The Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, usually just called the Frari, is one of the main churches in Venice. The imposing brick edifice is built in Italian Gothic style. The bell tower, finished in 1396, is one of the highest in the city. The church has so many Renaissance masterpieces that it is rightly felt to be one of the most import Renaissance "museums" in the city. Some of them are the Assumption and the Pesaro altar-piece by Titan, the Madonna and Saints by Giovanni Bellini, the St John the Baptist by Donatello and the Monument to Canova.The Franciscan friars (or "Frari") arrived in Venice in 1222 and lived on charily. They had no permanent home until 1250, when Doge Jacopo Tiepolo gave them some land on which to build a church. This church, much smaller than the current one and facing the opposite direction, was reconstructed in the mid-14th century in the Gothic style, earning itself the nickname of "Ca' Granda" ("the big house"). The imposing brick facade, eschewing expensive materials, is in stark contrast with the sobriety of the Dominican church of San Zanipolo, built at the same time. The facade, with its huge central rosette and tripartite structure defined by pilaster strips, is adorned with small niches.