Scuola Grande Di San Giovanni Evangelista

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Hidden behind what is to all intents an open-air iconostasis, and thus set back from the street, is one of the six major Venetian scuole . The plan is typical of the big schools, with an assembly hall (divided in two by a line of columns) and a grand staircase up to the 1st-floor hall, which contains an altar used for religious services. Codussi designed the original interior and Renaissance staircase, and Massari restyled the main hall in 1727.

Many of the major works once housed here were moved to the Gallerie dell'Accademia, but you can still see five Tintorettos and a couple of works by Giandomenico Tiepolo. It opens occasionally to the public.

Opposite the scuola stands the deconsecrated Chiesa di San Giovanni Evangelista, sometimes open for temporary art exhibitions and home to a depiction of the Crucifixion by Tintoretto.