San Bartolomeo

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San Bartolomeo (San Bortolomio in Venetian) is said to have been founded in 840 when it was dedicated to Saint Demetrius.

​The church was renovated at the end of the 12th century and changed its dedication to Saint Bartholomew. It became the church of the city's German community, whose commercial headquarters were situated at the nearby Fondaco dei Tedeschi.

​San Bartolomeo was rebuilt again in 1723. The architect may have been Giovanni Scalfarotto, who designed and built the campanile (1747-54). 
The interior of the church takes the form of a Latin cross. 

Above the entrance to the campanile is a carved stone head of a hook-nosed bearded man, who is sticking out his tongue. This is an example of a scacciadiavoli, a device intended to keep away evil spirits. 

Albrecht Durer painted the Feast of the Rosary for San Bartolomeo in 1506. The painting now hangs in the National Gallery of Prague. 

Interior of San Bartolomeo

Scacciadiavoli