Murano - Santi Maria e Donato
Santi Maria e Donato church on Murano Island was built between the seventh and 12th centuries and combines Veneto-Byzantine and Early Romanesque features. Its facade with its superimposed arcades is well-known.
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Things to See
Byzantine Mosaic
The splendors of the interior of Santi Maria e Donato church on Murano Island include a Byzantine mosaic "Madonna at Prayer" (ca. 1450).
Figure of St Donato
The splendors of the interior of Santi Maria e Donato church on Murano Island include the painted wooden panel with the figure of St Donato (above the first altar on the left) dated 1310, the earliest example of Venetian painting. It is said that the Venetian Crusaders brought the body of St Donato to Venice from Euboea and gave it to the basilica together with the remains of a dragon which Donato had killed; these relics can be seen on the wall behind the High Altar.
Greek Marble
The splendors of the interior of Santi Maria e Donato church on Murano Island include the columns of Greek marble with Veneto-Byzantine capitals which separate the two aisles from the nave, and the 12th century mosaic floor with its animal figures.
Madonna with Saints
The splendors of the interior of Santi Maria e Donato church on Murano Island include "The Madonna with Saints" in the entry to the Baptistery which was painted by Lazzaro Bastiani in 1484.
Sarcophagus
Santi Maria e Donato church on Murano Island includes a Sarcophagus from Altinum in the Baptistery which was once used as a font.
The Death of the Virgin Mary
The splendors of the interior of Santi Maria e Donato church on Murano Island include the altar-piece "The Death of the Virgin Mary" on the wall of the left aisle (late 14th century).
