Scuola di San Giorgio degli Schiavoni
The Scuola di San Giorgio degli Schiavoni is a Renaissance confraternity house—one of Venice’s “scuole piccole”—still standing as a preserved record of the city’s long ties to Dalmatia. As Slavic immigrants from the Dalmatian region, the Schiavoni formed a brotherhood that was approved by the Consiglio dei Dieci in 1451. Their patron saints began with St. George, St. Jerome, and Tryphon, and grew to include St. Matthew after they received a relic in 1502. That same period reshaped their community space: the confraternity bought the former hospital of St. Catherine and restored it as their scuola, with a design credited to Giovanni De Zan and a façade influenced by Jacopo Sansovino. …
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