San Marcuola
San Marcuola is the Holy Hermagoras and Fortunatus consecrated church in Venice in the Cannaregio district. The church is located on the Grand Canal opposite the Fondaco dei Turchi and the Fondaco del Megio.
History
The rare patronage Ermagora Fortunato ( by the Venetians beyond recognition in Marcuola verballhornt ) indicates a much older predecessor church and on the connection with Aquileia. In the 12th century a Romanesque predecessor was at this point, thanks to a donation of the Memmo family built. 1663 Antonio Gaspari worked out plans for a restructuring of the church. Until the death gas Paris in 1730 his plans were not realized. Then Giorgio Massari was entrusted with the construction, who completed the remodeling of the interior already in 1736. The façade remained, probably for lack of money, to this day unfinished.
Description
Originally there was a three-nave Romanesque church, with a campanile next to the apse. Following the construction by Massari we see today a single-nave church square room, with a barrel vault. In the rectangular presbytery, the one of the four pillars supported, bears oval dome is the main altar. The eight side altars are in pairs in the four corners of the church. These altars are with high-quality sculptures (John the Baptist, Anthony of Padua, Peter, Cajetan of Thiene, Anthony the Great ), mostly by Giovanni Maria Morlaiter decorated. However, the most important work of art in the church is the " Last Supper" by Jacopo Tintoretto, which applied to 1935 as a copy.