Chiesa di San Salvador
The Chiesa di San Salvador—also known in Venetian as Santissimo Salvatore—begins its story in a moment of political reconciliation. It was first consecrated in 1177 by Pope Alexander III shortly after his reconciliation with Emperor Frederick Barbarossa at nearby San Marco. What you see today is Renaissance work: the present church was begun around 1508, continued after 1508–1509 by figures including Tullio Lombardo and Vincenzo Scamozzi, and the facade was added in 1663 by Giuseppe Sardi. Inside, the church was designed as a large hall formed by three Greek crosses placed end to end, each covered by a dome with a lantern—an arrangement meant to flood the interior with light. To the side, the former monastery still carries Jacopo Sansovino’s cloisters, now incorporated into the premises of a telephone company. …
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