San Samuele
The Church of San Samuele ( San Samuele Profeta ) in the Venetian sestiere of San Marco is one of the few churches in Venice with direct access to the Grand Canal . On the other two sides of the Campo of the same name are the Palazzo Grassi and Palazzo Malipiero, as well as the San Samuele vaporetto station.
The church is named after the Old Testament prophet Samuel , whose relics are kept in the church according to tradition.
history
The church was built around the year 1000 as a donation by the Boldù and Soranzo families, but it was destroyed by fire in the early 12th century. The pre-Gothic campanile of the church has been preserved from the 12th century. In 1685 it was completely rebuilt as a three-aisled structure on the remains of this previous building. The loggia on the upper floor of the portico was created in 1952 when the masonry was opened up with arched arcades.
The Teatro San Samuele of the same name was named after San Samuele .
literature
- Herbert Rosendorfer : Church leaders Venice. Edition Leipzig, Leipzig 2008, ISBN 978-3-361-00618-8 , pp. 64–65.
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Coordinates: 45 ° 26 ′ 1.1 ″ N , 12 ° 19 ′ 41.9 ″ E