San Stae
San Stae is a church located on the Grand Canal in the Santa Croce sestiere in Venice .
history
San Stae is a dialect form typical of Venice (see San Marcuola or San Zanipolo ) from Sant 'Eustachio . On the site of today's church there was already a house of worship in the 11th century, which was dedicated to Isaiah , a typical church patron in the East. Nothing remains of the building, which was renovated in the 12th century after a fire. In 1678, radical renovations of the old church began, including an axis rotation so that the facade now looks onto the Grand Canal . A hall church, typical of the time, with three side chapels and a raised presbytery was built. The architect of these conversions was Giovanni Grassi . In 1709 the doge Alvise Mocenigo II , who lived in this sestiere, left a large sum to renovate the facade, for which Domenico Rossi provided the design. Alvise Mocenigo II is buried in the middle of the nave, expressly dispensing with the pomp that is otherwise common in doge graves. In 1763 the Doge Marco Foscarini was buried in the family chapel.
description
The strict structure of the facade, with four Corinthian columns on high pedestals, as well as the triangular gable, are indebted to the spirit of Palladio . The sculptural decoration of the facade with its moving forms, as well as the portal with a split gable , on the other hand, can be assigned to the high baroque. Large thermal bath windows and essentially white decorations make the interior appear surprisingly bright. In the church we can find works by almost all the important Venetian painters of the early 18th century. The following works deserve special mention:
- Giovanni Battista Piazzetta : Saint James on the way to martyrdom (right wall presbytery)
- Giambattista Tiepolo : The Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew (left wall presbytery)
- Sebastiano Ricci : The Liberation of Saint Peter (left wall presbytery)
- Bartolomeo Litterini : Saint Eustachius in prison (sacristy)
- Giovanni Battista Pittoni : Saint Eustachius refuses to worship Jupiter ( sacristy )
Until 2009, Switzerland also used the church as an exhibition space during the Venice Biennale .
literature
- Churches in Venice , Ennio Concina, Piero Codato, Vittorio Pavan; Hirmer Verlag Munich, 1996, p. 358; ISBN 3-7774-7010-4
- Church guide Venice : Herbert Rosendorfer, Edition Leipzig 2008, p. 43; ISBN 978-3-361-00618-8
- Venice , Giandomenico Romanelli, Mark E. Smith, Hirmer Verlag Munich, 1997, p. 269; ISBN 3-7774-7390-1
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Coordinates: 45 ° 26 ′ 29 ″ N , 12 ° 19 ′ 50 ″ E