San Polo

Open: Mon.-Sat.: 10.00-17.00. €3.

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The church of San Polo is dedicated to Saint Paul (the Apostle), which became San Polo in Venetian dialect. 

​San Polo was founded in the 9th century, but largely rebuilt in the 15th century. In spite of later restorations, it has retained its wooden ship's-keel ceiling, one of only three in Venice.

The church is most famous for Giandomenico Tiepolo's delightful paintings of the Stations of the Cross (1747-49), which are to be found in the Oratory of the Crucifix. 

At the base of its campanile (1362) crouch two 12th century stone lions, rare examples of Romanesque carving to have survived in Venice.  ​

Campanile, San Polo