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Encyclopedia > San Polo di Venezia

The Chiesa di San Polo, dedicated to Apostle Paul, gives its name to the San Polo sestiere of Venice. The current Gothic church dates from the 15th century, but a church has stood on the site since the 9th century and the beautiful south doorway, possibly by Bartolomeo Bon, survives from this church. The detached campanile was built in 1362.


The interior has a ship's keel roof and was restored in 1804 by Davide Rossi.


Works of Art

  • Giambattista Tiepolo (Virgin appearing to a Saint on the north wall of the nave)
  • Gian Domenico Tiepolo (Stations of the Cross, Glory of Angels and Resurrection in the Oratory of the Crucifix)
  • Tintoretto (Last Supper on the west wall)
  • Veronese (Marriage of the Virgin in the north apse chapel)

External link

  • San Polo, Venice (http://www.invenicetoday.com/art-tour/churches/spolo/sanpolo.htm)

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Marco Polo (September 15, 1254 January 8, 1324) was a trader and explorer who, together with his father Niccolò and his uncle Maffeo, was one of the first Westerners to travel the Silk Road to China (which he called Cathay) and visited the Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, Kublai Khan (grandson of Genghis Khan).
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San Polo is the smallest quarter of Venice, but one of the most lively as it is the commercial heart of the town.
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