Description
The Church of Santa Maria dei Carmini is the large Carmelite church in the Dorsoduro sestiere, a short walk from Campo Santa Margherita: outside a Renaissance brick facade, inside a solemn interior with three aisles and two altarpieces you shouldn't miss.
On two altars are the Nativity with Saints by Cima da Conegliano and Saint Nicholas in Glory by Lorenzo Lotto.
In a chapel on the left is a bronze relief of the Lamentation over Christ by Francesco di Giorgio Martini. High up along the nave run 24 large canvases.
On the left side opens a 14th-century doorway with Veneto-Byzantine panels. The bell tower has had little luck with lightning: in 1979 a bolt destroyed the statue of the Madonna on its top, which was replaced by a copy.
On two altars are the Nativity with Saints by Cima da Conegliano and Saint Nicholas in Glory by Lorenzo Lotto.
In a chapel on the left is a bronze relief of the Lamentation over Christ by Francesco di Giorgio Martini. High up along the nave run 24 large canvases.
On the left side opens a 14th-century doorway with Veneto-Byzantine panels. The bell tower has had little luck with lightning: in 1979 a bolt destroyed the statue of the Madonna on its top, which was replaced by a copy.