The interior of the church is very bright, with massive engaged columns and pilasters on undecorated, white-surfaced walls. Interior Interior: The nave, looking east towards the high altar San Giorgio Maggiore at Dusk, Claude Monet, 1908–1912 On either side of the central portal are statues of Saint George and of Saint Stephen, to whom the church is also dedicated. ![]() This solution is similar to Palladio's slightly earlier facade for San Francesco della Vigna, where the other parts of the church had been designed by Sansovino. ![]() Palladio's solution superimposed two facades, one with a wide pediment and architrave, extending over the nave and both the aisles, apparently supported by a single order of pilasters, and the other with a narrower pediment (the width of the nave) superimposed on top of it with a giant order of engaged columns on high pedestals. The façade is brilliantly white and represents Palladio's solution to the difficulty of adapting a classical temple facade to the form of the Christian church, with its high nave and low side aisles, which had always been a problem. There is a fine view across Venice from the top. It was ascended by easy ramps and there is now also a lift. The campanile (bell tower), first built in 1467, fell in 1774 it was rebuilt in neo-classic style by 1791. The stonemason's contract provided that it was to follow Palladio's model and there were only minor changes. The façade, initially under the superintendence of Simone Sorella, was not commenced until 1599. The choir appears to have been designed in essentials by Palladio before his death and was built between 15. The decoration of the interior was completed subsequently. The work was not finished before the death of Palladio in 1580, but the body of the church was complete by 1575 except for the choir behind the altar and the facade. The model was completed and approved in 1566 and the foundation stone was laid in the presence of the Pope in the same year. He made great improvements to this and in 1565, was asked to prepare a model for a new church. Palladio arrived in Venice in 1560, when the refectory of the monastery was being rebuilt. The monks were considering the rebuilding of the church from 1521. There were cloisters in front of it, which were demolished in 1516. The church, which had a nave with side chapels, was not in the same position as the present church, but farther back at the side of a small campo or square. The church and monastery were rebuilt after the earthquake. ![]() The Benedictines founded a monastery there, but in 1223 all the buildings on the island were destroyed by an earthquake. The first church on the island was built about 790, and in 982 the island was given to the Benedictine order by the Doge Tribuno Memmo. The church is a basilica in the classical Renaissance style and its brilliant white marble gleams above the blue water of the lagoon opposite the Piazzetta di San Marco and forms the focal point of the view from every part of the Riva degli Schiavoni. San Giorgio Maggiore ( San Zorzi Mazor in Venetian) is a 16th-century Benedictine church on the island of the same name in Venice, northern Italy, designed by Andrea Palladio, and built between 15.
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