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San Samuele

San Samuele is a church in , northern . It is located in the eponymous campo near and . The facade is set back on the campo, but faces and is visible from the Grand Canal.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Catholic
  • Description: church building in Venice, Italy
  • Also known as: “San Samuele, Venice”
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Palazzo Grassi and Gallerie dell’Accademia.

Museum
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is a building in the Venetian Classical style located on the Grand Canal of Venice, between the Palazzo Moro Lin and the campo San Samuele.

Museum
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The Gallerie dell'Accademia is a museum gallery of pre-19th-century art in , northern Italy. A few weeks every six years, it houses the Leonardo da Vinci drawing The Vitruvian Man. is situated 250 metres south of San Samuele.

Theater building
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Teatro is a historic opera house in , Italy. It is one of "the most famous and renowned landmarks in the history of Italian theatre" and in the history of opera as a whole. is situated 430 metres east of San Samuele.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dorsoduro and San Marco.

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is one of the six sestieri of , in northern Italy. includes the highest land areas of the city and also island and Isola Sacca Fisola.

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is the central district of . It is home to many of Venice's major points of interest, and consequently can be extremely crowded with tourists, especially during the day when cruise ships unload their passengers.

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is one of six sestieri that make up . Covering 86 acres along the Grand Canal, it is one of the oldest parts of the city, having been settled before the 9th century.

San Samuele

Latitude
45.43362° or 45° 26′ 1″ north
Longitude
12.32831° or 12° 19′ 42″ east
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
8FQJC8MH+C8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 138841723
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­catholic
Geo­Names ID
12689566
Wiki­data ID
Q1895574
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Venetian—“San Samuele” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “圣撒慕尔堂”
  • Czech: “kostel sv. Samuela”
  • Dutch: “San Samuele”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه القديس صموئيل”
  • French: “église San Samuele”
  • French: “Église San Samuele”
  • German: “San Samuele”
  • German: “Das Kirchlein bei San Samuele.” (historical)
  • Hebrew: “סן סמואלה”
  • Italian: “chiesa di San Samuele”
  • Italian: “Chiesa di San Samuele”
  • Polish: “Kościół San Samuele”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia de San Samuel (Venecia)”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia de San Samuel”
  • Venetian: “Céxa de San Samuel”
  • Venetian: “Ceza de San Samuel”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “San Samuele”. Photo: Archaeodontosaurus, CC BY-SA 4.0.