Venice Sights

Scuola Grande dei Carmini

#121 of 517 things to do in Venice

#4804 of 49054 things to do in Europe

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  • Address
    • Campo Santa Margherita 2617
  • Transport
    • Ca’ Rezzonico
  • Phone
    • 041 528 94 20
  • Price
    • adult/senior & student €5/4
  • Hours
    • 9am-5pm Mon-Sat & 9am-4pm Sun Apr-Oct, 9am-4pm Nov-Mar

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Lonely Planet review for Scuola Grande dei Carmini

Eighteenth-century backpackers must have thought they’d died and gone to heaven at the Scuola Grande dei Carmini, a shelter run by Carmelite nuns with interiors by Tiepolo and Longhena worthy of a doge. Longhena designed the stuccoed stairway to heaven, glimpsed in Tiepolo’s nine-panel ceiling of a resplendent Virgin in Glory upstairs before you enter the high-ceilinged hostel room itself, a wonder of boiserie (carved woodwork). Sadly, cots are no longer available in this jewel-box building, but the Venice Opera (www.venice-opera.com) sometimes stages performances here.

 

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