Scuola Di San Giorgio Degli Schiavoni

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  • Address
    Calle dei Furlani, Castello 3259a
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  • Phone
    041 522 88 28
  • Transport
    ferry: San Zaccaria

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Lonely Planet review

Venice's Dalmatian community established this religious school in the 15th century and the building was erected in the 16th century. The main attraction is on the ground floor, where the walls are graced by a series of superb paintings by Vittore Carpaccio depicting events in the lives of the three patron saints of Dalmatia: George, Tryphone and Jerome.

The image of St George dispatching the dragon to the next life is a particularly graphic scene. Scattered about before the dragon are remnants of its victims - various limbs, the half-eaten corpse of a young woman and an assortment of bones.