A treasure of art and
sculptures

Why locals love it

After the Basilica di San Marco, this is the most important in Venice, a big Gotic church built by Franciscan friars. The interior is enormous and includes an high quality of works and art, including masterpieces by Tiziano and Giovanni Bellini, more than a statue by Donatello.

Why you should visit it

In this church take place the tomb of Canova, a Neo-Classical marble pyramid and many other funerary monuments and sculptures made by the most important italian sculptors, as for example Jacopo della Quercia and Jacopo Tatti, called Sansovino.