From the Piazzetta you can see it floating beyond the Bacino: a white façade, a dome, a brick bell tower with a green spire. This is San Giorgio Maggiore, the church that Andrea Palladio designed for the Benedictine monks of the island.
What to see inside
- San Giorgio Maggiore — The façade of the two temples
- San Giorgio Maggiore — The nave and the monuments of the doges
- San Giorgio Maggiore — The aisle altars
- San Giorgio Maggiore — The presbytery and the two Tintorettos
- San Giorgio Maggiore — The monks' choir
- San Giorgio Maggiore — The Chapel of the Dead
- San Giorgio Maggiore — The Chapel of the Conclave
- San Giorgio Maggiore — The bell tower