Chiesa di San Lazzaro dei Mendicanti

Name: Chiesa di San Lazzaro dei Mendicanti
Address: Fondamenta dei Mendicanti, 30122 Venezia VE, Italy, Venezia, Italia

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Address :	Fondamenta dei Mendicanti, 30122 Venezia VE, Italy
Website :	http://www.comune.venezia.it/
Categories :	Tourist attraction , Catholic church ,
City :	Venezia

Fondamenta dei Mendicanti, 30122 Venezia VE, Italy

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A	Antonella Bonvicino on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Ecco una chiesa che non ti aspetti ,ma che non dovrebbe stupire, perché Venezia non ha mai nulla che non sia bello. Nata come ospedale per i lebbrosi, che poi fu giustamente spostato su un'isola, divenne chiesa dell'ospedale e sala per concerti, così si spiega l'ampio vestibolo, che la isola dai rumori. All'interno, barocco, si trovano due monumentali opere del Tintoretto e del Veronese, e solo per queste vale la deviazione. Vi è anche la tomba monumentale di Alvise Mocenigo, eroico ammiraglio della flotta della Serenissima. Non intruppatevi verso Rialto e San Marco, Venezia è la città ideale dove perdersi... Here is a church that you don't expect, but that shouldn't surprise you, because Venice never has anything that isn't beautiful. Born as a hospital for lepers, which was then rightly moved to an island, it became the hospital church and concert hall, thus explaining the large vestibule, which isolates it from the noise. Inside, baroque, there are two monumental works by Tintoretto and Veronese, and only for these is the deviation. There is also the monumental tomb of Alvise Mocenigo, heroic admiral of the Serenissima fleet. Do not enter Rialto or San Marco, Venice is the ideal city to lose yourself ...
N	Nicolas De Amorim on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Belle église avec des sculptures impressionnantes Beautiful church with impressive sculptures
G	Giovanni Bartoli on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Meravigliosa..peccato che il motivo della visita...fosse un funerale. Wonderful .. pity that the reason for the visit ... was a funeral.
m	marco thurau on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Sehr schöne Kirche mitten in einem Krankenhaus, welches selbst ebenfalls schön anzusehen ist. Very nice church in the middle of a hospital, which is also beautiful to look at.
S	Sascha B on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Sehr schöne Kirche im Krankenhaus und die Fassade des Krankenhauses sind wirklich sehr schön. Very nice church in the hospital and the facade of the hospital is really very nice.
b	bruna marchetti on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Da vedere, assolutamente. Notevole la doppia facciata interna. Nata come ospedale per i lebbrosi ora finge da Cappella per l'ospedale Civile dei santi Giovanni e Paolo, assolutamente da visitare! Suggerisco di arrivare a Campo Ss. Giovanni e Paolo, prendere un caffè nella storica (deliziosa) pasticceria Rosasalva, e poi visitare la Basilica, l'Ospedale (che internamente ha un chiostro delizioso, abitato da decine di gatti!) e proseguire lungo la bellissima fondamenta, fino alla chiesa di San Lazzaro dei mendicanti. Usciti potete proseguire qualche decina di metri e vi troverete in riva, alle Fondamenta Nove, di fronte allo spettacolo della Laguna Nord. Da qui si potrà proseguire, in battello, per la visita alle isole.. ma questa è un'altra storia.... To see, absolutely. The double internal façade is remarkable. Born as a hospital for lepers, it now pretends to be the Chapel for the Civil Hospital of Saints John and Paul, a must visit! I suggest arriving in Campo Ss. Giovanni e Paolo, take a coffee in the historic (delicious) Rosasalva pastry shop, and then visit the Basilica, the Hospital (which internally has a delightful cloister, inhabited by dozens of cats!) And continue along the beautiful foundation, up to the church of San Lazzaro dei mendicanti. Once you have left you can continue a few dozen meters and you will be on the shore, at the Fondamenta Nove, in front of the spectacle of the North Lagoon. From here you can continue by boat to visit the islands ... but this is another story ....
P	Peter Kelly on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ This is a very lovely church. A little off the beaten track, but well worth the effort.
J	Jeff on Google ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Magnificent church full of history with a Crucifixion by Veronese and a St-Ursula with the thousand virgins by Tintoretto. The cloisters around the church used to be an hospice for poor people without a home. It taught the men a manual work, and the girls who had talent music. It became very famous for the concerts given by those girls. The concerts were given to the Patricians of the city who in exchange gave many donations to the church. The father of Antonio Vivaldi taught music there. At the entrance of the church is a grand arch of triumph dedicated to admiral Alvise Mocenigo, a hero of the wars against the Turks (1650s) to defend the island of Crete. Maps of various forts of the island are to be found on the arch. The hospice was transformed in a military hospital during the Napoleonic occupation (1806). When Venice became a part of the Austrian empire (1815), the Habsburgs transformed it in a civil hospital which it still is today. I must thank the wonderful lady present at the church for all those informations. If you have any questions concerning the history and symbolic of the building, ask her and she will be glad to enlighten you.