Chiesa di San Zaccaria
Venice, Città Metropolitana di Venezia, Veneto, Italy
It is a large edifice, located in the quiet Campo San Zaccaria, just off the waterfront to the south east of St. Mark's basilica.
The first church on the site was built in the Romanesque style, and was founded by Doge Giustiniano Participazio in the 9th century. The original church was rebuilt in the 1170s (when the present campanile was built); it was replaced by a Gothic church in the 14th century.
The church was attached to a Benedictine monastery, which was visited by the doge and the whole signoria annually at Easter in a ceremony which included presentation of the cornu (ducal cap), insignia of his dignity. This tradition was begun after the monks & nuns donated land for the extension of the Piazza San Marco in the 12th century and ended in 1797 at the end of the republic.
The nuns of this monastery came all from prominent noble families. The abbess was usually related to the doge.
Eight doges are buried in the still-existing crypt, which is flooded.
More information can be found at Wikipedia.com
It is a large edifice, located in the quiet Campo San Zaccaria, just off the waterfront to the south east of St. Mark's basilica.
The first church on the site was built in the Romanesque style, and was founded by Doge Giustiniano Participazio in the 9th century. The original church was rebuilt in the 1170s (when the present campanile was built); it was replaced by a Gothic church in the 14th century.
The church was attached to a Benedictine monastery, which was visited by the doge and the whole signoria annually at Easter in a ceremony which included presentation of the cornu (ducal cap), insignia of his dignity. This tradition was begun after the monks & nuns donated land for the extension of the Piazza San Marco in the 12th century and ended in 1797 at the end of the republic.
The nuns of this monastery came all from prominent noble families. The abbess was usually related to the doge.
Eight doges are buried in the still-existing crypt, which is flooded.
More information can be found at Wikipedia.com
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- Added: 1 Dec 2014
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2561547
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