What to do and see in San Polo, Veneto: The Best Architectural Buildings

One of the most beautiful palaces frescoed by Tiepolo is located on the Grand Canal between Campo San Tomà and Campo San Polo.

The Scuola Grande di San Rocco is a lay confraternity founded in 1478. The popularity of the cult of St. Roch, whose remains had been in the possession of the brotherhood since 1485, contributed to the latter’s rapid expansion to the extent of it becoming the richest Scuola of the city. At that point it was decided to build a new monumental headquarters and engage Tintoretto to decorate it with his most celebrated pictorial cycle, illustrating episodes from the New and Old Testaments. It is the only one of the historic Scuole Grandi to have survived the fall of the republic. It is a unique site, where over 60 paintings are preserved in their original setting in a building that has hardly undergone any alteration since its construction. The confraternity is still active today, carrying out its traditional charitable duties as well as looking after its extraordinary artistic patrimony.

Scuola Grande San Giovanni Evangelista is both a building complex and a lay brotherhood since 1261. The building gradually enlarged as the importance of the Scuola increased from XIV till XVIII century. The venue can be used for different type of events or visited as a museum. In this way the Brotherhood provides the funds for maintenance and restoration of this heritage.