Santo Stefano, Venice
The Chiesa di Santo Stefano is a Catholic parish church in Venice. It is located in San Marco in Campo Santo Stefano district. In its present form, the church dates from the 15th century.
History
The church was founded in 1294 by monks of the Augustinian hermitage of Sant'Anna di Castello and dedicated to St. Augustine and the St. Stephen. The first building was not finished before 1325. At the beginning of the 15th century, although the three-aisled basic structure of the building was left, but made major changes that characterize the appearance of the church to this day. Especially the adjacent canal Rio del Santissimo was built over, so that the presbytery since then is above the channel. You can drive through with a boat under the church today.
Campo Santo Stefano
Named after the Church Campo Santo Stefano is one of the largest squares in Venice and has always had a certain importance. Until 1802 here the running of the bulls took place, which was abolished because of an accident this year. Between 1807 and 1809, the market was in Venice at this point. Originally, the face of the Campo was overgrown with grass, only a Listone called broad avenue in the center was paved. Therefore, the Venetian phrase andar al liston derives for a walk. Today, located in the center of the square a monument to Niccolò Tommaseo. Other important buildings such as the Palazzo Loredan on Campo ( seat of the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti ), Palazzo Morosini and the Palazzo Pisani.
Scuola di Santo Stefano dei Laneri
Opposite the main entrance to the church is the former Scuola dei Laneri di Santo Stefano. It was the seat of a Brotherhood of St. Stephen, whose members were mainly Wollweber ( Laneri ). The Scuola once had a cycle of five paintings with scenes from the life of St. Stephen by Vittore Carpaccio. Since 1806, the building has been secularized.
Specifications
Santo Stefano is one of the most important late Gothic churches in Venice. She returns the square to its side façade, while the beautiful main facade is facing a narrow alley, so that their appearance and dimension is difficult to see. These main facade reveals different high naves. Highlighted Pungent is the portal with its Gothic pointed arch, the rich leaves jewelry, an angelic figure and the enthroned at the highest point God the Father, the Bartolomeo Bon is attributed. The 60 -meter-high steeple leaning tilts around two meters to one side.
The bright and spacious church is inside of three finalized by apses ships, which are divided by wide pointed arches. This wear red marble columns from Verona, whose capitals are painted differently. Red and white diamond-shaped frescoes reminiscent of the Doge's Palace. Of particular importance is the wooden, richly decorated fünfpässige ship's keel ceiling. A beautiful wooden choir was originally located in the central nave in front of the main altar, but was dismantled and partially placed on the walls of the presbytery again. The altars of the church dates mostly from the 17th and 18th centuries.
Attached to the church is the main sacristy, which owns several works of art of great value. Primarily, it involves the painting Christ on the Mount of Olives, Last Supper and Christ Fußwachung of Jacopo Tintoretto. More paintings are the two representations of St. Nicholas and St. Lawrence by Bartolomeo Vivarini, and three scenes of the Nativity, the Adoration of the Magi and the Massacre of Innocents by Gaspare Diziani and a painted crucifix by Paolo Veneziano. In the cloister there are sculptures of Jacobello and Pierpaolo della Masegne, Tullio Lombardo and a tomb of Antonio Canova for Giovanni Falier (1808 ). The Treasury holds church appliance from the Middle Ages to the Baroque period.
In the church there are numerous tombs, including by Giovanni Gabrieli and the Doge Andrea Contarini and Francesco Morosini.
Opening times
The Chiesa di Santo Stefano is open daily 10 to 17 clock available on Sundays and public holidays 13-17 clock.