Campo Santi Giovanni e Paolo
Campo Santi Giovanni e Paolo is a historic square in Venice, surrounded by the Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo and the Scuola Grande di San Marco. The basilica, Venice’s largest church, rises in Italian Gothic brickwork with a central rose window, six marble portal columns, and three spires bearing Dominican saints.
Dominican builders began the church, which was consecrated in 1430 after almost a century of work. Inside, ten broad Istrian stone columns support cross-vaulted ceilings above a Baroque high altar attributed to Longhena, while Murano glass fills a large polychrome Gothic window. At least twenty-five doges rest here among about 150 tombstones and 37 monumental sepulchres, alongside works by Giovanni Bellini and Paolo Veronese.
Outside, Andrea del Verrocchio’s Renaissance equestrian statue of Bartolomeo Colleoni stands beside the basilica, completed in 1483. The white Istrian stone facade of the former Scuola Grande di San Marco now belongs to one of Venice’s main hospitals, while the square is also known locally as San Zanipolo.
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