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Art and architecture buffs should not miss this often-overlooked church, which holds the oldest tombs of Doges. A stunning altarpiece by Bellini is the highlight here. Writes historian Theodore K. Rabb, in City Secrets Florence & Venice: “It was one of the treasures Napoleon took back to Paris; a memento of his theft remains, in the piece cut off the top so that the altarpiece would fit the location Napoleon chose for it. Stand in front of the painting when the sun is quite high in the afternoon and you will see the genius of the location as well as the painting. Only one ray of the sun can enter the church through the clerestory windows across the nave, but as the sun moves the ray picks out each of the stunning robes of the saints and the Madonna in turn. The colors glow in succession, creating a magical theater of motion, art, and devout spirituality, all fused into one by the power of both Bellini and San Zaccaria.”
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Written by Indagare