The ' is a small
Neoclassical-style church in the ' (district) of
Dorsoduro
Dorsoduro is one of the six sestieri of Venice, in northern Italy.
Dorsoduro includes the highest land areas of the city and also Giudecca island and Isola Sacca Fisola. Its name derives from the Italian for "hard ridge", due to its comparati ...
in
Venice
Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...
. It is dedicated to the Apostle
Saint Barnabas.
History
A church at the site was built in the ninth century, but destroyed by fire in 1105. Rebuilt in 1350, it was reconstructed in its present form in 1776 under the patronage of Marcantonio
Grimani using designs of
Lorenzo Boschetti. The 11th-century campanile, detached from the main body of the church, has a pine-cone shaped spire from the 1300s. To the left of the church was the entrance to the ' (Casino of the Aristocracy), which was an active gaming house in the 18th century. The church is now deconsecrated and used for exhibitions.
A scene in the 1989 film ''
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
''Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'' is a 1989 American action film, action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg, from a story co-written by executive producer George Lucas. It is the third installment in the Indiana Jones, ''Indiana ...
'' was shot in the ' in front of the church, with the church façade being used as a fictional library.
References
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Roman Catholic churches completed in 1776
Roman Catholic churches in Venice
18th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy