San Giorgio Maggiore (Church)
Home to Fondazione Cini
San Giorgio Maggiore church stays on the homonym island, in front of Saint Mark’s basin and beside Giudecca island.
The facade is a XVI century design by Palladio, to replace a previous Gothic building. From the campanile, reconstructed in 1774 after a collapsing, it is possible to admire a great view on Venice and Saint Mark.
San Giorgio Maggiore hosts congresses and conferences in its convent’s cloisters, and it is the site of the prestigious Fondazione Cini, a cultural foundation established in XX century. The same convent of San Giorgio Maggiore had been the refugee of Cosimo de’ Medici when he had been banished from Florence.
- Address
- Giudecca, Isola di S.Giorgio Maggiore, 30133 -Venezia
- Phone
- +39 041 52 27 827
- Opening hours
- All days
9:30-18:00
On Sundays 8:30-11:00 14:30-18:30 - Transports
- Water bus Line 2, N | San Giorgio