Sant'Andrea della Zirada is a church and a monastery in Venice, northern Italy.

The church and the monastery, both dedicated to Saint Andrew, were founded in 1329 by four noblewomen on a place called "cao de zirada". The church was largely rebuilt in 1475, the most important part remaining of the original Gothic edifice being the façade. Noteworthy is the main portal in Istrian white stone with two 14th-century bas-reliefs of Christ as Man of Sorrows and The Calling of the Apostles Saints Peter and Andrew from the fishing boat.

Sant'Andrea della Zirada

The interior has a single nave with a plain ceiling, with a Gothic choir with stucco part from the 17th century. The main artworks are the Dead Christ between St. Charles Borromeo and Angels by Domenico Tintoretto, the St. Augustine with Two Angels by Paris Bordon and a St. Jerome by Paolo Veronese, the last now in the Accademia.

Sant'Andrea della Zirada

References

External links

http://churchesofvenice.com/santacroce.htm#santandreadellazirada

Roman Catholic churches completed in 1479

15th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy

Andrea della Zirada

1329 establishments in Europe

14th-century establishments in the Republic of Venice

Religious organizations established in the 1320s

Christian organizations established in the 14th century

Gothic architecture in Venice

Sant'Andrea della Zirada