Chiesa di San Polo
Dedicated to the Apostle Paul, the Chiesa di San Polo anchors both a Catholic tradition and the very name of this Venetian sestiere. A church has stood here since the 9th century, long before the Gothic form you see today. The detached campanile was built in 1362, while the south doorway—possibly associated with Bartolomeo Bon—survives from that earlier church. Inside, the ceiling takes the form of a ship’s keel roof, a structural choice that gives the nave its distinctive, elongated sweep. The interior was restored in 1804 by Davide Rossi, and the paintings turn the church into a working gallery of Venice’s major schools: Jacopo Tintoretto’s Last Supper on the left, Paolo Veronese’s Marriage of the Virgin in the left absidal chapel, and Palma il Giovane’s scenes in the presbytery including St Peter and the Keys …
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