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{{stub}}[[File:Scuola_grande_disanmarco.jpg|thumb|The Scuola Grande di San Marco.]] | {{stub}}[[File:Scuola_grande_disanmarco.jpg|thumb|The Scuola Grande di San Marco.]] The '''Scuola Grande di San Marco''' is a building in [[Venice]], [[Italy]]. It originally was the home to one of the six major sodalities or [[Scuole Grandi of Venice]]. It faces the Campo [[Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice|San Giovanni e Paolo]], one of the largest squares in the city. | ||
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The edifice was built by the Confraternity of San Marco in [[1260]] to act as its seat. In [[1485]], however, it was destroyed by a large fire, and rebuilt in the following twenty years under a new design by [[Pietro Lombardo]], with a fund established by the members. The façade, a masterwork with delicately decorated niches and pilasters, and with white or polychrome marble statues, was later completed by [[Mauro Codussi]]. While decorated with the polished marble elements of [[Renaissance]] classicism, the proliferation of arches and niches adds a retrogressive [[Byzantine]] flavor, an architectural feature of many conservative Venetian styles. | |||
Three of the greatest Italian explorers of the fifteenth century: [[Giosafat Barbaro]], Ambrogio Contarini, and [[Alvise da Mosto]] were members of the Scuola.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-0">[1]</sup> | |||
In [[1819]] it became an [[Austrian Empire|Austrian]] military hospital. It is now a civil hospital. | |||
In ''Assassin's Creed II'', it is a [[glyph]] location. | |||
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Revision as of 23:29, 18 October 2010
The Scuola Grande di San Marco is a building in Venice, Italy. It originally was the home to one of the six major sodalities or Scuole Grandi of Venice. It faces the Campo San Giovanni e Paolo, one of the largest squares in the city.
The edifice was built by the Confraternity of San Marco in 1260 to act as its seat. In 1485, however, it was destroyed by a large fire, and rebuilt in the following twenty years under a new design by Pietro Lombardo, with a fund established by the members. The façade, a masterwork with delicately decorated niches and pilasters, and with white or polychrome marble statues, was later completed by Mauro Codussi. While decorated with the polished marble elements of Renaissance classicism, the proliferation of arches and niches adds a retrogressive Byzantine flavor, an architectural feature of many conservative Venetian styles.
Three of the greatest Italian explorers of the fifteenth century: Giosafat Barbaro, Ambrogio Contarini, and Alvise da Mosto were members of the Scuola.[1]
In 1819 it became an Austrian military hospital. It is now a civil hospital.
In Assassin's Creed II, it is a glyph location.