Chorus (Venice)

Chorus or completely chorus - Associazione per la chiese del patriarcato di Venezia is an organization for the care and maintenance of over 15 churches in Venice . The association was founded in 1998.

Entry is required to visit the churches. This benefits the preservation of the churches. Venice residents have free entry.

The churches in the chorus

No.	church	District	description	image
1.	Chiesa di Santa Maria del Giglio	San Marco location	The church dates back to the 10th century. A Slavic Jubanico family, whose Venetian dialect is Zobenigo, owned a magnificent palace in the area and contributed to the construction of the church through generous donations, from which the church got its name. The other name Santa Maria del Giglio, on the other hand, refers to the lilies that the Archangel Gabriel usually carries in his hands in the scene of the Annunciation to Mary.
2.	Chiesa di Santo Stefano	San Marco location	The Chiesa di Santo Stefano is a Catholic parish church in Venice. It is located in the San Marco district on Campo Santo Stefano. In its present form, the church dates from the 15th century.
3.	Chiesa di Santa Maria Formosa	Castello location	Santa Maria Formosa is a Catholic Church in Venice. It is located in the Castello district (Sestiere) on Campo Santa Maria Formosa. In its present form it dates from the Renaissance period.
4th	Chiesa di Santa Maria dei Miracoli	Cannaregio location	Santa Maria dei Miracoli is a church in the Cannaregio, Campo Santa Maria Nova district of Venice and is known for its characteristic marble cladding.
5.	Chiesa di San Giovanni Elemosinario	San Polo location	San Giovanni Elemosinario is a Catholic church in Venice. It is located in the Sestiere of San Polo near the Fabbriche Vecchie in the Rialto district. The church was first mentioned in writing in 1071, when the campanile collapsed, and its current form dates from the 16th century.
6th	Chiesa di San Polo	San Polo location	The church goes back to a foundation from the 9th century. Inside, in the narthex of the church, there are images of the fourteen stations of the Way of the Cross by Tiepolo .
7th	Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari	San Polo location	Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, also Frarikirche or Frari in Venetian for short, is a church in Venice. Along with Zanipolo, it is the largest and most important Gothic sacred building in Venice. The church is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary into heaven. It is equipped with numerous excellent works of art, including two major works by Titian. In 1926 she received the honorary title of papal basilica minor.
8th.	Chiesa di San Giacomo dall'Orio	Santa Croce location	San Giacomo dall'Orio, also San Giacomo del luprio, is a church in the Santa Croce sestiere in Venice. In the church of San Giacomo dall'Orio the tomb of one of the greatest painters in Italian art history, Giambattista Pittoni, who died in Venice on November 6th, 1767, is preserved.
9.	Chiesa di San Stae	Santa Croce location	San Stae is a church located on the Grand Canal in the Santa Croce sestiere in Venice.
10.	Chiesa di Sant'Alvise	Cannaregio location
11.	Chiesa di San Pietro di Castello	Castello location	The church dates back to the 7th century. The construction of the church began in 1559. The church was the cathedral of the Patriarchate of Venice until 1807 .
12.	Chiesa del Santissimo Redentore	Giudecca location	The church was built by Andrea Palladio in the 16th century.
13.	Chiesa di Santa Maria del Rosario (Gesuati)	Dorsoduro location	The church was built in the 18th century. It is located on Giudecca Island, right on the canal.
14th	Chiesa di San Sebastiano	Dorsoduro location	The church was built from 1505 to 1546. A large part of Paolo Veronese's life's work can be found in the church .
15th	Chiesa di San Giobbe	Cannaregio location
16.	Chiesa San Giuseppe di Castello (Sant'Isepo)	Castello location
17th	Chiesa di San Vidal	San Marco location	San Vidal (Venetian for Italian: San Vitale) is a former church in Venice in the San Marco district, which is now used as a concert hall.
18th	Chiesa di San Giacomo di Rialto (San Giacometto)	San Polo location	San Giacomo di Rialto (San Giacometto), a Venetian church in the San Polo district, was originally built in the High Middle Ages, probably in the late 11th or early 12th centuries. In Renaissance literature, however, it was considered a building from late antiquity and was viewed as the model of San Marco. With the legendary laying of the foundation stone in 421, the city of Venice should have been founded after the idea of ​​the Renaissance.

Churches that are no longer in the chorus

No.	church	District	description	image
1.	Chiesa della Madonna dell'Orto	Cannaregio location	The Gothic church houses important works by Tintoretto and Giovanni Battista Cima .

Web links

• Association website at chorusvenezia.org (Italian, English and French).

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