Chiesa Dei Gesuati

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Built for the Dominicans by a team of architects under Giorgio Massari from 1726 to 1735, this imposing church is more properly known as the Chiesa di Santa Maria del Rosario. It contains three ceiling frescoes by Tiepolo telling the story of St Dominic - the appearance to the saint of the Virgin Mary, the institution of the rosary (hence the church's official name) and St Dominic in glory.

Tiepolo also had a hand in the frescoes in the dome, while Tintoretto left behind a Crocifissione in his typically flowing reds and blues on the left side of the church nearest the altar.