Le Zitelle

Le Zitelle
Le Zitelle from near Piazza San Marco

Le Zitelle (officially Santa Maria della Presentazione) is a church in Venice, Italy. It is part of a former complex who gave shelter to young maidens who had no dowry ("zitelle" in Italian), and is located in the easternmost part of the Giudecca island.

Generally attributed to Andrea Palladio, the original design dates to 1579-1580 and the construction to 1586. Its housing edifice surrounds the church in a horseshoe shape, with a court behind the apse. The façade has two orders, surmounted by a tympanum and flanked by two small bell towers. The church has a large dome with a lantern.

The interior is on the central plan. It houses works by Aliense, Leandro Bassano and Palma il Giovane.

The attribution to Andrea Palladio is not without controversy. The Centro Internazionale di Studi di Architettura Andrea Palladio points to a lack of contemporary documents and drawings confirming Palladio's involvement with the project and the fact that construction only started in 1581, one year after Palladio's death. They consider:

"... a project by Palladio both possible and datable to the mid-1570s, but neither the façade nor the interior of the church display characteristics which are unequivocally related to Palladio’s language, unless in an extremely clumsy and unfaithful version."

The church is now only open on Sundays, and the Bauer Hotel has acquired the former convent and converted it into a 50-room luxury hotel - The Palladio.

Coordinates: 45°25′36″N 12°20′21″E / 45.4267°N 12.3391°E / 45.4267; 12.3391



Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Église des Zitelle — Présentation Nom local Chiesa delle Zitelle Culte Catholique romain Type Église …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Calle Zitelle — (Кьоджа,Италия) Категория отеля: Адрес: 30015 Кьоджа, Италия Описан …   Каталог отелей

  • Santo Spirito in Sassia — Ospedale di Santo Spirito in Sassia, Rom, Piazza della Rovere Santo Spirito in Sassia ist ein ehemaliges Hospiz in Rom. Es war eines der größten mittelalterlichen Krankenhäuser und eine bedeutende Forschungseinrichtungen für die medizinischen… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Giudecca — Satellitenaufnahme Venedigs mit der Inseln San Michele im Norden, der Giudecca im Süden sowie der die Lagune nach Osten abschließenden Nehrungsinsel Lido (2001) Die Giudecca ist eine kleine langgezogene Inselgruppe im Süden der Stadt Venedig in… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Liste des églises de Venise — 45°26′4.2″N 12°20′22.56″E / 45.4345, 12.3396 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Gian Vittorio Baldi — (* 30. Oktober 1930 in Bologna) ist ein italienischer Regisseur und Filmproduzent. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Leben 2 Filmografie (Auswahl) 2.1 als Regisseur …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Canal de la Giudecca — 45° 25′ 37″ N 12° 19′ 48″ E / 45.427, 12.33 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Nicola Appartamento Venezia Giudecca — (Венеция,Италия) Категория отеля: Адрес: Fondamenta Zitelle 83 …   Каталог отелей

  • List of churches in Venice — Sestieri of Venice:     Cannaregio     Castello     Dorsoduro     San Marco     San Polo    …   Wikipedia

  • Arman — Infobox Artist bgcolour = name = Armand Pierre Arman imagesize = 200px caption = Portrait of Arman by Lothar Wolleh, 1963. birthname = Armand Pierre Fernandez birthdate = Birth date|1928|11|17 location = Nice, France deathdate = Death… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”