Scuola di San Marco : The facade features many marble statues of angels, warriors, and other fantastical creatures

Scuola di San Marco : The lavish facade of the Scuola contrasts with the austere brickwork of the adjacent Santi Giovanni e Paolo

Scuola di San Marco : It's easy to forget that the building is now part of the Civic Hospital of Venice, with the ground floor serving as one of its entrances

Scuola di San Marco : The upper floor, however, hosts a small medical museum

Scuola di San Marco : While visiting this museum, you can appreciate the vast interior of Sala Capitolare and the spectacular gilded ceiling

Scuola di San Marco : The lion of Saint Mark is among the various motifs found on the carved and gilded ceiling

Scuola di San Marco : The medical museum houses over 8,000 medical tomes, including works by ancient physicians such as Hippocrates

Scuola di San Marco : It's astounding to consider how medicine was understood in ancient times

Scuola di San Marco : The smaller Sala dell'Albergo (hostel room) displays digital reproductions of the paintings originally housed within, depicting episodes from the life of Saint Mark

Scuola di San Marco : This canvas by the Bellini brothers depicts an imagined history where Venetians and Muslims intermingle in a fictional city that combines features of both Venice and Alexandria

Scuola di San Marco : This painting depicts the last hours of Saint Mark's life, before his martyrdom in Alexandria - the original can be seen at the Gallerie dell'Accademia

Scuola Grande di San Marco

Medical museum housed in a grand confraternity building dedicated to the patron saint of Venice.

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Highlights

First Scuola Grande

Founded as the Scuola dei Battuti in 1260, the institution later became so influential that, in 1437, it adopted the name of the city's patron saint.

Exquisite facade

The ground floor of the facade features unique trompe-l'œil sculpted archways and portals crafted from various types of marble.

Sala Capitolare

The Chapter Hall boasts a spectacular gilded ceiling and large paintings from the original decorative cycle.

Medical Museum

Since the building is now part of the Civic Hospital of Venice, it symbolically hosts a small museum featuring medical instruments and antique medical books.

Why visit

In addition to experiencing the grand interior, you'll be impressed by the evolution of medicine since ancient times.

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The original art

Some of the original paintings, such as Tintoretto's 'Saint Mark rescuing the slave' (1548), can be seen at Gallerie dell'Accademia.

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San Marco

Mark the Evangelist is the patron saint of Venice and the Lion of Saint Mark is the city's symbol.

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These art-filled confraternity buildings are scattered all throughout Venice.

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