Parrocchia dei Santi Gervasio e Protasio (San Trovaso)

Di antica origine (risale al 1584) ospita importanti opere tra cui tele di Jacopo e Domenico Tintoretto e due pale di altare di Palma il Vecchio. Ingresso libero. Possibile fotografare. Orari: da lunedì a sabato dalle 14.30 alle 17.30 ma io l'ho trovata aperta al mattino.

Una caratteristica singolare dell'edificio è la doppia facciata, una rivolta verso il Campo San Trovaso e l'altra verso il rio omonimo. Secondo la tradizione, il doppio ingresso serviva per tenere separate le fazioni rivali di Castellani e Nicolotti, quando entrambe si recavano in chiesa in occasione della ricorrenza dei santi, onde evitare lo scatenarsi di risse. La chiesa ha navata unica e volta a botte, con pianta a croce latina, varie cappelle laterali e un ampio presbiterio. Tra le opere presenti nella chiesa troviamo un'Ultima Cena del Tintoretto risalente al 1556-1556.

Un vero “salotto” nel cuore di Venezia: la magia dello Squero, la doppia facciata, le tele del Tintoretto, l’organo del Callido. Una chiesa poco nota ma tanto bella, un angolo di Venezia da conoscere e apprezzare.

Good food, improper service.

Another beautiful church.

First of all they didnt let us in, as we were standing in the rain. just because it wasnt 7 pm. we've got our first meal very qick and it was super delicious. The second meal was kinda disappointing, bc it was a very small portion. but the most annoying thing was that the waiter stressed us to leave bc it would had come a bigger group. so we had to leave even though we sat down 45 min ago

very nice parish priest. lovely celebration of the Mass and concerts at summer

In the beautiful part of Venice sestiere Dorsoduro is this beautiful church, Chiesa dei santi Gervasio e Protasio. The church dates to at least the 1028. The present church was rebuilt by 1584. The architect was Francesco Smeraldi. The church was consecrated in 1637. It has two Palladian facades, almost identical, one facing the square and the other facing the canal and is characterized by large windows. The name St Trovaso comes from the Venetian combination of two saints names, St Gervasio and St Protasio. According to legend the church’s two entrances served to keep two rival families, the Castellani and the Nicolotti, apart. In the chancel are two interesting canvases, "Adoration of the Magi" and "Expulsion of Joachim from the Temple" (before 1587) by Domenico Tintoretto, brought here from the church of Santa Maria Maggiore. The left rear chapel, commissioned by Antonio Milledonne, has a "Temptations of Saint Anthony Abbot" by Jacopo Tintoretto. In addition the "St. Chrysogonus on Horseback" (c. 1444) was painted by Michele Giambono. The Cappella del Santissimo Sacramento has a "Last Supper" by the elder Tintoretto companied by a copy of "Christ washing the feet of the disciples" by the same painter. The original is now housed in the National Gallery in London. "The Last Supper" is shown on the Expo 2015, in the pavilion of the Vatican City. The second chapel to the right has a "Madonna and child in Glory" by Palma il Giovane. In the surrounding square one can see a typical Venetian well with clay containers that served to filter rain water into the well. Beside the church is a ‘squero’, a boat building yard, one of the last to remain in Venice and where gondolas and traditional Venetian boats are built.