Scuola Grande di San Rocco
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The enchanting thing about Venice is how grand places hide in plain sight. The Scuola Grande di San Rocco, a medical museum, conceals itself in a little square. Its marble facade gleams in the sunlight, as it shines warmly inside. An intricate ceiling, gilded in gold, hovers over glass cases of priceless medical artifacts. Renaissance paintings also cover the walls. Its opulence matches many of those at Piazza San Marco, but at a smaller scale. Take your sweet time capturing the various halls of this museum and hospital. It’s not every day that you get to see places like this in real life!
San Polo 3152, Venice, Italy
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The side of Scuola Grande di San Rocco that faces the campo (city square) wows with ancient Roman columns popping from the exterior. Similar to other scuole (Italian, plural for “confraternity”) in Venice, the historic site consists of two main halls: a Ground Floor Hall (divided by columns into three areas) and an Upper Floor Hall called Sala Capitolare, intended to hold the Chapter’s meetings. A visit here will eat up most of your afternoon, as it takes some time to lap up the works of Italian painter Jacopo Tintoretto plastered all over the interiors.
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