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Main monuments

Cathedral

The Cathedral ("Duomo", entitled to St. Stephen), originally built before the 11th century, but rebuilt in 1461 and again in 1696. The art works of the interior includes a Resurrection of Christ by Palma the Younger.

 
La Rotonda

The church of Madonna del Soccorso, best known as La Rotonda, was built between 1594 and 1606 by Francesco Zamberlan of Bassano, a pupil of Palladio, to house a miraculous image of a sitting Madonna with Child carrying a rose. The edifice has octagonal plan, surrounded by a portico, begun in 1594. The original construction had a cupola, which was later substituted by a simple ceiling for static reasons. The fine campanile, standing at 57 m, is by Baldassarre Longhena (1655-1673). The walls of the interior of the church are wholly covered by 17th centuries paintings, forming something a gallery of Venetian 17th century art, with a highly suggestive effect.

 

Museums

Accademia dei Concordi

The Accademia dei Concordi houses works by artists coming mainly from the Veneto region, from the XV to XVIII century; very important are the works by Niccolò di Pietro, Giovanni Bellini, Francesco Bissolo, Jacopo Palma il Vecchio, Pietro Vecchia, Mazzoni, Pittoni and Rosalba Carriera.