ABBAZIA DI SAN GIORGIO MAGGIORE
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Palladian church with a campanile offering one of the most beautiful views of Venice.
This imposing church was founded by the Benedictines in the 10th century. The Doges soon got into the habit of going there on December 26th, the feast of St. Stephen, to attend a mass sung by the choir of St. Mark and the Benedictine monks. Rebuilt in the 13th century following an earthquake, it was definitively rebuilt in 1565 by the genius of Andrea Palladio, of whom it represents one of the major works. However, the great Victorian architect never saw its completion and the church was finished by his pupil Vincenzo Scamozzi. The classical patterns and forms dear to the Palladian style are strictly adhered to here. Inside are preserved paintings by Da Bassano, Ricci, Carpaccio and Tintoretto, of which a splendid Last Supper, a Manna Harvest and his last work, a Deposition dating back to 1594, completed by his son Domenico, can be admired in the choir. In 1797, the church was closed by Napoleon and transformed into barracks, while the works of art were dispersed. After long years of neglect, in 1951, part of the building was bought by Count Cini, who transformed it into a School of Arts and Crafts and an exhibition centre. He also had the Palladian church restored. From the top of the campanile, erected in 1726, the view of Venice and its lagoon is probably one of the most beautiful in the city, as the panorama embraces the Doge's Palace, the Grand Canal and the campanile in St. Mark's Square.
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