ITINERARIES
ANDREA PALLADIO / VENICE
Palladio and Republic of Venice
The first Palladian intervention in the lagoon capital is the development of a new façade for the San Pietro di Castello church in 1558. This was followed in 1560 by the construction of the refectory of the Monastery of San Giorgio Maggiore, ordered by the extremely rich congregation of the Benedictines.
Just a few months later the Palladio was ordered to design the “Convento della Carità”, with its wonderful staircase, empty in the middle. The churches designed by the architect are also extremely important: San Giorgio Maggiore, the Redeemer, created as an ex-voto of the Serenissima, after the Plague that overwhelmed the city in 1575 and the adjacent Zitelle church.
