34/35.- Venice, S. Giacomo di Rialto

Some other interesting churches and buildings that you shouldn’t miss are:

The Librería and the Zeca, facing 'Palazzo Ducale', are two Sansovino’s masterpieces. The main reading room of the 'Biblioteca Marciana' is adorned with frescoes by Veronese and Tintoretto.

'SS. Giovanni e Paolo' Church, in 'SS. Giovanni e Paolo Campo', a grandiose Gothic church built by the Dominican order in the 13th-15th centuries. In the Church you’ll find a wonderful polyptych by Bellini and several marvelous paintings.

'Scuola Dalmata San Giorgio degli Schiavoni', 'Ponti dei Greci' 3259, where between 1502 and 1511 Carpaccio decorated the ground floor with some of his finest paintings, depicting the lives of saint George, saint Jerome and saint Trifone.

'Basilica dei Frari', in 'San Polo' across Rialto, where you’ll find a moving wooden sculpture of Saint John by Donatello, also works by Bellini and Titian.

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