I Gesuiti, Venice

  • Full name: Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta detta I Gesuiti

  • Address: Salizada dei Spechieri
  • Vicinity: Rio del Gesuiti
  • Sestiere of Cannaregio in Venice
  • Type: Church
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building

Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta detta I Gesuiti is a stunningly beautiful 18th century church in Venice, Italy. The inside is decorated with many masterpieces of art. - AsNotedIn

The Gesuiti's pulpit is an elaborate confection swathed in the heavy folds of a voluminous brocade curtain.... This white curtain decorated in a handsome green damask pattern is in fact made of marble; all of the walls of the church are covered with this same white and green imitation damask made of verde antico inlaid in slabs of white marble. The illusion is extraordinary.
Peter Lauritzen, Venice: A Thousand Years of Culture and Civilization


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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1729/00/00 Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta detta I Gesuiti is completed in the sestiere of Cannaregio.

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Particulars for I Gesuiti, Venice:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Area of Significance Art
Sight Category Building
Building Type Church
Area of Design Decorative Arts
Art Medium Fresco
Art Type Mural
Architectural Style Neoclassical
Area of Significance Religion
Historic Use Religious Property
Religion, Cultural Affiliation Roman Catholic Church




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