Chiesa di Sant'Antonin
Chiesa di Sant’Antonin brings together centuries of Venetian devotion in one compact sacred complex. The church was first founded in the 7th century by the patrician Badoer family, then rebuilt in the 12th century—before a major Baroque-era reconstruction in 1680, carried out to designs attributed to Baldassare Longhena. The bell tower followed later, added in 1750, extending the church’s presence in the skyline of Venice’s Castello sestiere. Inside, the left chapel dedicated to St Saba is strongly marked by high Renaissance and Baroque painters: Alessandro Vittoria frescoed its walls, while Sebastiano Ricci painted the ceiling with Saints Saba and Antonin. The chapel’s altarpiece by Lazzaro Bastiani depicts a Deposition. …
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