Chiesa di San Zaccaria, Venice

Found this beautiful old church on my 1st day in Venice. The church is beautiful, filled with many paintings my favorite of which is the Bellini of Virgin and Child between Saints and Angel playing musical instrument. Went back again today to see the Chapel of the Choir. I highly recommend paying the small entry fee to see this. In addition to the choir room you will see how part of an old chapel is being restored. Origin frescos can still be seen up on the ceiling and parts of the walls. Plus you can go down a few steps to see the flooded subterranean section where 8 of the early Doges of Venice are buried. It probably wasn't flooded when the Doges were interred there. Water levels have risen over the centuries. I used to believe that all of the paintings in churches were done on the walls themselves. In this church, if you look carefully, you can see that the paintings are enormous canvasses that are framed, by cutting them down to size to fit into the spaces around or between the side altars.

1-7-2022 San Zaccaria ++ Venice is always worth a trip, you always discover something new ++ San Zaccaria is a church dedicated to Saint Zacharias, which belonged to a nunnery of the same name. It is located in the traditional district of Castello in Venice ++ A wonderful, very old church with remarkable furnishings