Chiesa di San Canciano

В сонячній Італії, подобається все, а в казковій Венеції, все требачити на власні очі, фотографії - тутешню атмосферу - непередадуть...

La chiesa di San Canciano, merita il piccolo sforzo che si deve fare per trovarla essendo un po' nascosta. All'esterno è tutta rivestita da marmo di vari colori con delle belle sfumature, e all'interno...... lascio a voi visitatori la sorpresa.

Chiesa spettacolare!! Non ci sono parole per esprimere la sacralità e la bellezza del luogo!

Comfortable island of silence in crowded Venice

Nice place

Beautiful inside

A cute little church that's off the tourist track, definitely worth a visit if you're in the area.

Beautiful small church, not far from the Rialto bridge in the sestiere Cannaregio. Folklore says that this church, precisely because of loneliness and protection from prying eyes, was chosen by Giacomo Casanova as a script for the exchange of communication of love letters between him and the mysterious nun with the initials MM. The church of San Canziano or Canciano is one of the oldest in the city. The church was supposedly founded in 864 when citizens from the mainland town of Aquileia fled to the lagoon islands of Venice to avoid the barbarian hordes. It was one of the churches under the jurisdiction of the patriarch of Grado who lived in Venice. It is dedicated to Canzio, Canziano, and Canzianilla, two brothers and a sister who were martyred for their faith at Aquileia. The facade was built in 1707 by Antonio Gaspari. The central part, surmounted by a triangular tympanum, is flanked on the sides by two horizontal crowning wings. The interior maintains the basilica layout with three naves. On the entrance wall there is the eighteenth-century organ, on the choir loft designed by Giorgio Massari (1762). To admire are the two organ doors depicting San Canziano and San Massimo by Giovanni Contarini, a disciple of Titian (16th century). On the sides there are four altars. Built in 1730 by the parish priest Sebastiano Molin, they are dedicated to the Madonna, enriched with beautiful paintings, "the Immaculate Conception", a canvas by Bartolomeo Letterini, "the Assumption", a canvas by Giuseppe Angeli, "the Madonna del Carmine", by Letterini, "Our Lady of Sorrows with the Sacred Heart of Jesus", by Letterini and son.