Church San Giacomo dall’Orio
Churches in Venice - Santa Croce
Founded in the 9th century, San Giacomo dall'Orio is one of the oldest churches in Venice. Its present form - a Latin Cross with a central nave, two aisles and a transept - is the result of a rebuilding project initiated in 1225 and of subsequent modifications carried out in the 15th and 16th century.
Recent restoration work has revealed all the beauty of the early-15th-century "keel" roof; and within the church you can see a number of masterpieces of Venetian painting - such as Lorenzo Lotto's main altarpiece Virgin and Child with Saints (1546), which is one of the few works by the artist that can still be found in Venice itself.
In the Sacristy there is some of Jacopo Palma il Giovane's best work, including the very Titianesque Altarpiece with Father da Ponte (1580-81); while the New Sacristy contains a panelled ceiling decorated with works by Paolo Veronese.
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