San Lorenzo is a church building in the
sestiere
A (plural: ) is a subdivision of certain Italian towns and cities. The word is from (‘sixth’), so it is thus used only for towns divided into six districts. The best-known example is the ''sestieri'' of Venice, but Ascoli Piceno, Genoa, Mi ...
of
Castello of
Venice, northern
Italy.
The church dates to the 9th century, and became attached to the neighboring
Benedictine
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, motto = (English: 'Pray and Work')
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monastery. It was rebuilt in 1580-1616 to designs by
Simone Sorela. The high altar was partly sculpted by Giovanni Maria da Cannaregio using designs by
Girolamo Campagna
Girolamo Campagna (1549–1625) was a Northern Italian sculptor.
Born in Verona, he went to Venice in 1572 and studied under both Jacopo Sansovino and Danese Cattaneo, and completed many of the latter's works. He was responsible for the f ...
. The latter sculptor completed the statues of ''Saints Lawrence and Sebastian''.
Marco Polo
Marco Polo (, , ; 8 January 1324) was a Venetian merchant, explorer and writer who travelled through Asia along the Silk Road between 1271 and 1295. His travels are recorded in ''The Travels of Marco Polo'' (also known as ''Book of the Marv ...
was buried there, per his request on his deathbed.
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1616
Lorenzo Venice
Lorenzo
Baroque architecture in Venice
9th-century establishments in Italy
1616 establishments in Italy
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