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Chiesa San Simeon Piccolo
San Simeone Piccolo is a church in the sestiere of Santa Croce in Venice, northern Italy. From across the Grand Canal it faces the railroad terminal serving as entrypoint for most visitors to the city.For Chiesa San Simeon Piccolo and beyond, use our Venice trip itinerary maker website to get the most from your Venice vacation.
Built in 1718-38 by Giovanni Antonio Scalfarotto, the church shows the emerging eclecticism of Neoclassical architecture. It accumulates academic architectural quotations, much like the contemporaneous Karlskirche in Vienna. Wittkower, in his monograph, acknowledges San Simeone is modeled on the Pantheon with a temple-front pronaos, on the other hand, the peaked dome recalls Longhena's more embellished and prominent Santa Maria della Salute church. The centralized circular church design and the metal dome recalls Byzantine models and San Marco, though the numerous centrifugal chapels are characteristic of Post-Tridentine churches.
This was one of the last churches built in Venice, in one of its poorer sestieri.
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Venedik tren istasyonundan çıkar çıkmaz,karşı kıyıda görünen kilise.Biz yürüyerek San Marco meydanına gideceğimiz için,görüntüledik,havada yağışlı olduğundan bir daha yolumuz o tarafa düşmedi,sadece k... more »
The church that appears across the street as soon as you leave the Venice train station. Since we were going to walk to St. Mark's Square, we watched it, because it was rainy in the air, so we never went that way again, we just watched it from across the street.View original -
Even though in my research before traveling to Venice, I have not been successful in locating the opening hours of this church, it all does not seem to matter when my accommodation is situated right b... more »
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There is an amazing crypt under the church. You pay a small amount (about €2) to get a candle and you can go around this beautiful crypt full of frescoes.
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It is a beautiful looking church, however the opening times are super confusing. I believe it's only open on Saturday and Sunday and only for a few hours? We really wanted to visit the crypt underneath but unfortunately there is no real way of knowing what time the doors will open.
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