VENEZIA - La Chiesa della Madonna dell'Orto e la tomba di TINTORETTO

The church of the Madonna dell'Orto was built by the congregation of the Umiliati towards the middle of the fourteenth century, who arrived in Venice under the guidance of their Superior General, Friar Tiberio de 'Tiberi from Parma, general of the order and buried in the church itself. It was dedicated to God, the Blessed Virgin and St. Christopher, patron saint of travelers and ferrymen, a choice probably suggested by the location of the church near the lagoon and the islands overlooking this part of the city and the mainland. The name with which the church became part of the history of Venice and is known throughout the world was the one given to it by the population after a statue of the Virgin was placed there, believed to be miraculous. The statue was sculpted by Giovanni De Santi, commissioned by the parish priest of Santa Maria Formosa, who, not finding it to his liking, refused it when it was still under construction. The sculptor temporarily placed the soft, unfinished stone statue in the garden of his home. Shortly thereafter, the sculptor's wife noticed that the statue gave off strange glows during the night: the news soon spread throughout the city and the place became a pilgrimage destination. Following the occurrence of some miracles and the consequent increase in popular veneration, the bishop of San Pietro di Castello (which until 1807 was the seat of the city cathedral) induced De Santi to move the statue inside his house or a church to avoid improper forms of worship. The artist therefore offered it to the friars of San Cristoforo with three requests: to be able to be buried at his expense in front of the place where the statue would be placed, that a mass in suffrage be celebrated in perpetuity and that a large sum be paid to him of money. The friars accepted the first two requests but not being in suitable economic conditions to buy the statue, the school of San Cristoforo intervened and bought it for the sum of 150 ducats. On 18 June 1377 the statue was solemnly transported to the church. In 1414 the Council of Ten granted the church the official use of the name "Madonna dell'Orto", as has already been consolidated at a popular level. The church is undoubtedly one of the emblematic places of Venetian Gothic architecture. The facade and the cloister are from the four-year period 1460-1464, with statues from the end of the fifteenth century. The domed bell tower, completed in 1503, dates back to the same period. The interiors are embellished with some paintings by Jacopo Robusti known as Tintoretto, now buried in the right aisle, and of which the contract, dated May 14, 1565, is still preserved. the church has some peculiarities: it is one of the few left in Venice with the traditional terracotta brick flooring, positioned in a herringbone pattern. Admission is subject to a fee of 1 euro for non-residents. Source Wikipedia: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiesa_... Music by Whitesand - Title: Tranquil Website - https://whitesandcomposer.com/ Support making these tracks -   / whitesand   Buy My Music - https://whitesand.bandcamp.com/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3GXun... Filmed with SONY RX10M3 in 4K.