San Simeone Profeta
| San Simeone Profeta | |
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 San Simeone Prophet | |
  Location within Venice  Location within Italy | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Roman Catholic |
| Province | Venice |
| Location | |
| Location | Venice, Italy |
| Coordinates | 45°26′26″N 12°19′28″E / 45.44069°N 12.32452°E |
| Architecture | |
| Completed | 967 |
San Simeone Profeta, also known as San Simeone Grande is a church in the sestiere of Santa Croce in Venice, Italy. The adjective Grande distinguishes this church from the San Simeone Piccolo, which was smaller in size until its 18th-century reconstruction.[1] The near palaces are Palazzo Gradenigo and Palazzo Soranzo Cappello.
History
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This church was founded by 967 by the patrician families of Ghisi, Adoldi and Briosi. Originally a modest building of wood, after a fire in 1150, it was rebuilt in stone and made parish church. The Napoleonic government joined the parish to that of San Simeone Piccolo
Description
[edit]The interior floor appears to have been raised after burials were pursued here during the plague of 1630. The current church has a plain neoclassical façade. The interior was rebuilt in the early eighteenth century by Domenico Margutti. Inside, to the right of the entrance, is a Presentation at the Temple with portraits of donors by Jacopo Palma the Younger. In the second altar of the left nave is a Last Supper by Tintoretto. The Annunciation, previously attributed to Palma the Younger is today recognized as a work of the painter Blanc.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ Marcello Brusegan (2004). Guide unusual mysteries, secrets, legends and curiosities of the churches of Venice. Newton Compton. pp. 311–312. ISBN 978-88-541-0030-5.
- ↑ Content in this edit is translated from the existing Italian Wikipedia article at it:Chiesa di San Simeone Profeta; see its history for attribution.
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