Chiesa Rettoriale di San Polo / Church of St. Paul (Venice)
N 45° 26.221 E 012° 19.782
33T E 291146 N 5034968
Quick Description: Decent brick building of Chiesa di San Polo (Church of St. Paul) belongs among the oldest sacral structures in Venice...
Location: Veneto, Italy
Date Posted: 10/8/2009 3:12:41 PM
Waymark Code: WM7D9P
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Long Description:
Chiesa di San
Polo, dedicated to the Apostle Paul, was founded in 837 by the
doges Pietro Tradonico and Orso Partecipazio. Church was rebuilt
several times in the 12th-15th centuries. Some restoration and
additions from the first part of the 19th century have recently
been partly reversed revealing, for example, the 15th Century
wooden ship's keel roof and restoring the rose window which dates
from the same era.
The 15th century rebulding resulted
in the Gothic windows and the impressive South doorway by the Bon
workshop that visitors enter from the cramped and busy calle. The
façade is now hidden by the Oratorio del Crocifisso, but from the
nearby Corte de Cafetier you can see the Gothic rose windows with
trefoil arches and irregular quatrefoils. The ship's keel ceiling
dominates St. Paul's interior which is pleasingly rough, calm, and
pretty dark at most times...