San Giovanni in Bragora

San Giovanni in Bragora is a church of Campo Bandiera e Moro (including Campo San Giovanni in Bragora ) in the Castello in Venice.

The origin of the name in Bragora is not clear, possibly the Greek word agora ( = meeting place ) or the Venetian brugolare is ( = in fisheries operate ) included.

History

According to legend, the founding of the church dates back to the 7th century. 629 fled Magnus Oderzo, Bishop of Oderzo, after the final conquest of his city by the Lombards to Venice. In the dream, he received the divine commission to build eight churches in Venice, including San Giovanni in Bragora.

In the 10th century, under Doge Pietro II Candiano, the church was built to keep there the relics of John the Baptist, the patron of the church.

The church was again extensively renovated 1475-1505. The future Pope Paul II was baptized here and financed San Giovanni in Bragora with generous donations. Baumeister was the Swiss Sebastiano Mariani, who maintained the old basilica elevation, but the construction presented a rigorous three-part brick façade in Venetian -Gothic style.

With the flood of 1966, the church suffered great damage, has been funded the renovation and restoration of the altarpiece from WMF.

Architecture

The Campanile

The Campanile of the 9th century was due to damage to the building several times renovated and rebuilt. A basic renovation of dilapidated tower took place during the thirty -year construction period of the Gothic basilica, in 1568 the tower to the taste of time was modernized in 1708 damaged by lightning in 1826 and redesigned for the last time. On the tower now stands a Renaissance shrine with pediment and three arched openings in which the bells are hung.