Chiesa della Madonna dell’Orto
- Address
- Campo della Madonna dell’Orto 3520
- Transport
- Price
- admission €3 or Chorus Pass
- Hours
- 10am-5pm Mon-Sat
Lonely Planet review for Chiesa della Madonna dell’Orto
This elegantly spare 1365 brick Gothic cathedral dedicated to the patron saint of travellers remains one of Venice's best-kept secrets. This was the parish church of Venetian Renaissance master Tintoretto, who is buried here in the corner chapel and saved two of his finest works for the apse: Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple, with throngs of starstruck angels and mortals vying for a glimpse of Mary, and his 1546 Last Judgment, where lost souls attempt to hold back a teal tidal wave while an angel rescues one last person from the ultimate acque alte.