Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista

Venice, Italy

The Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista is known for its magnificient scenarios and artworks of Tintoretto, Palma il Giovane and Tiepolo. The Renaissance building was constructed in 1498 during the Renaissance period by Coducci. It is one of the six Scuole Grandi that played an important part in the complex Venetian system of social checks and balances. The courtyard of the Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista is protected by a screen with a magnificent eagle pediment and a frieze of leaf‐sprays by Pietro Lombardo.

Address

Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista, San Polo 2454, Campiello San Giovan, Venice, Italy, Google Maps