Venice - San Zaccaria

San Zaccaria was probably founded in the ninth century. The present church was built between 1444 and 1500 by the two great master builders Antonio Gambello and Mauro Coducci. The huge facade is an astounding example of the transition from Gothic to Early Renaissance architecture. It is the most important work of the Venetian Renaissance before it lost its individuality with Sansovino and adopted the forms of the mainland. The Campanile is still Byzantine, the choir still Gothic and the nave is in the style of the early Renaissance.

Of especial interest are Giovanni Bellini's "Enthroned Madonna with Saints" dating from 1505 (second side-altar on the left) and Andrea del Castagno's frescoes (1452) in the Cappella di San Tarasio