Chiesa di San Zaccaria

San Zaccaria

San Zaccaria (English: Saint Zechariah) is a major church located in the Castello District of Venice. The Assassin Ezio Auditore da Firenze visited the church during the late 15th century.

History

First built in the 9th century, San Zaccaria is dedicated to the father of St. John the Baptist, Zechariah, who is supposedly buried there. Other locations in which St. Zechariah is supposedly buried: the Gandzasar monastery in Nagorno-Karabakh, the Tomb of Absalom, the Great Mosque of Aleppo, and the Valley of Josaphat.

Trivia

• The top of the church serves as a view point.

Reference

• Assassin's Creed II