San Giovanni Elemosinario is a church of
Venice
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, northern Italy, dedicated to
Saint John the Almsgiver.
This church was founded in 1071, and was completely destroyed by the disastrous Rialto fire in 1514. The church was rebuilt by
Antonio Abbondi Antonio Abbondi generally known as Scarpagnino (died 1549) was an Italian architect of the Renaissance period, active mainly in Venice.
Biography
Born at Grosio, in Valtellina. In 1505, he became the superintendent of reconstruction for the Fondaco ...
called Scarpagnino. The painter
Antonio Vassilacchi
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Antonio Vassilacchi was born of Greek descent ...
worked here in the 16th century. Nestled into the dense area near the Rialto Market (with your back to the Bridge on the San Polo side, turn left just past the flea market booths; the entrance will be through the frescoed arch behind iron gates on your left).
The altarpiece on the high altar depicts ''
St. John the Almsgiver'' (1545-1550) by
Titian
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; the right apse chapel houses ''
Saints Catherine'', ''
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'' ''and'' ''
Roch
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'' (c. 1533) by
il Pordenone
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16th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy
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