San Michele in Isola
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San Michele in Isola, the work of Mauro Codussi, and the first Renaissance church in Venice (1469), stands on the eponymous island. The church comprises a large atrium, part of which is surmounted by an overhead gallery (the monk's choir), an aisled nave, and a chancel flanked by two chapels. There is a beautiful coffered wooden ceiling in both the nave and aisles.
Set into the floor of the atrium is a marble plaque, which marks the burial place of the Servite friar, Fra Paolo Sarpi (1552-1623), whose remains were transferred here when the church and convent of Santa Maria dei Servi were demolished in 1862. The monument to Cardinal Giovanni Dolfin (1621), which surrounds the west door of the church, is the work of Pietro Bernini, while the bust of the cardinal was sculpted by his much more famous son, Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The hexagonal Cappella Miani, which stands next to the church, was added, c. 1530, by Guglielmo dei Grigi. The chapel was financed by a bequest in the will of Margherita Vitturi, the widow of Giovanni Miani. The chapel is domed in Istrian stone. |
San Michele in Isola
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