SCUOLA GRANDE DI SAN MARCO
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Scuola transformed into a hospital housing the Museum of Medicine, exhibiting surgical instruments and a chapel.
The Ospedale Civile di Venezia, once one of the six great Venetian scuole, was transformed into a hospital during the Austrian administration in 1815. Built between 1487 and 1490 by Pietro Lombardo and Giovanni Buora, then completed by Mauro Codussi, the hospital is distinguished by its marble facade, one of the finest of the Venetian Renaissance, decorated with trompe-l'œil compositions by Lombardo. This asymmetrical facade faces a second facade overlooking the canal, the work of Sansovino.
Today, the Ospedale Civile is a vital place for Venice, hosting not only the health care of its residents, but also the birth of new generations of Venetians. On the second floor of the hospital's huge chapel, with its splendid gilded ceiling, a Museum of Medicine displays surgical instruments from the 18th and 19th centuries, as well as scientific plates from the period. The library houses almost 8,000 medical works, some dating back to the 14th century.
The scuola once housed works by the great Venetian masters; those that escaped Napoleonic plunder are now preserved between Venice and Milan. From the Fondamenta dei Mendicanti entrance, you can explore the Renaissance cloisters. In the chapel of the San Lazzaro dei Mendicanti church, adjacent to the hospital, two works by Tintoretto and Veronese complete this immersion in the city's rich artistic and medical heritage.
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