Scuola Grande Dei Carmini

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    Campo Santa Margherita, Dorsoduro 2617
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    041 528 94 20

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Lonely Planet review

Just before you bump into the church of the same name at the southwest end of Campo Santa Margherita, you pass this scuola (literally, school; religious confraternity), with numerous paintings by Tiepolo and others. Tiepolo's nine ceiling paintings in the Salone Superiore (Upper Hall) depict the virtues surrounding the Virgin in Glory.

The monochrome paintings downstairs are striking, and a rare display of black and white on canvas in Venice. The ceiling boiseries (carved timber) are of extraordinary richness, while Longhena's Scalone (grand staircase linking the ground with the 1st floor) is a good-humoured baroque tunnel.