Chiesa Di San Martino

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  • Address
    Campo San Martino 2298
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  • Phone
    041 523 04 87
  • Transport
    ferry: Arsenale

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Lonely Planet review

The ceiling fresco depicting the Gloria di San Martino (Glory of St Martin) attracts the eye in here. A further treasure are the canvases by Palma il Giovane showing Jesus being flogged and on the way to Calvary. The only problem is that these are in the small choir stalls behind the altar and are generally unreachable. You can glimpse them from in front of the altar. Sansovino designed the present church, completed in 1654.

Well, almost. The façade in Istrian marble was added in 1897. The church is named after St Martin of Tours (AD 316-97), a Hungarian who wound up as a priest after a stint in the Roman army in Gaul (France). He was the first Christian saint to die a natural death and not as a martyr.