Scuola Grande di San Rocco
You’re in front of the Scuola Grande di San Rocco, a Renaissance building that is also a working showcase for Jacopo Tintoretto’s late-16th-century painting. The confraternity that gave it purpose was established in 1478, under the name of San Rocco—popularly known as a protector against plague—and it chose a site beside the church of San Rocco, which holds the saint’s relics. The project began in January 1515 under Pietro Bon, then passed to Sante Lombardo in 1524, and in 1549 was continued by Antonio Scarpagnino; after his death, Giangiacomo dei Grigi finished the edifice, with work completed in September 1560. Architecturally, the scuole grande repeat a pattern of two main halls: the Sala Terra at ground level and the Sala Superiore on the first floor, with stairs linking them to the Sala dell’Albergo. …
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