San Fantin
San Fantin is a church in the sestiere of San Marco in Venice, Italy. It stands in front of the Fenice Theater and adjacent to the Ateneo Veneto. This parish church was first erected in the 10th century under the patronage of the patrician families from Barozzi, Aldicina, and Equilia.Photo: Archaeodontosaurus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Archaeodontosaurus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Catholic
- Description: Italian church in Venice
- Also known as: “San Fantin, Venice”
- Address: Campo San Fantin, San Marco, Venezia, 30124
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include La Fenice and Piazza San Marco.
La Fenice
Theater building
Photo: Archaeodontosaurus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Teatro La Fenice is a historic opera house in Venice, 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.
Piazza San Marco
Square
Photo: Lothar John, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Piazza San Marco, often known in English as St Mark's Square, is the principal public square of Venice, Italy, where it is generally known just as la Piazza. Piazza San Marco is situated 330 metres east of San Fantin.
Doge’s Palace
Photo: Archaeodontosaurus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Doge's Palace is a palace built in Venetian Gothic style, and one of the main landmarks of the city of Venice in northern Italy. The palace included government offices, a jail, and the residence of the Doge of Venice, the elected authority of the former Republic of Venice. Doge’s Palace is situated 470 metres east of San Fantin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include San Marco and San Polo.
San Marco
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
San Marco is the central district of Venice. 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.
San Polo
Dorsoduro
Photo: Janericloebe, Public domain.
Dorsoduro is one of the six historic sestieri of Venice, Italy, located in the southern part of the city and known for its relatively firm terrain that earned it the name meaning "hard back" or "hard ridge" in Italian, distinguishing it from the more marshy areas of the lagoon.
San Fantin
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Venice, Metropolitan Venice, Veneto, Northeast Italy, Italy, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.43387° or 45° 26′ 2″ northLongitude
12.33427° or 12° 20′ 3″ eastOpen location code
8FQJC8MM+GPOpenStreetMap ID
way 138803200OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=catholicWikidata ID
Q1407670
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Venetian—“San Fantin” goes by many names.
- Czech: “kostel San Fantin”
- Dutch: “San Fantin”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه سان فانتين”
- French: “Église Saint-Fantin de Venise”
- French: “église San Fantin”
- German: “San Fantin”
- Italian: “chiesa di San Fantin”
- Italian: “Chiesa di San Fantin”
- Polish: “kościół San Fantin”
- Polish: “Kościół San Fantin”
- Russian: “Церковь Сан-Фантин”
- Venetian: “Céxa de San Fantin”
- Venetian: “Ceza de San Fantin”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Campo San Fantin and Ateneo Veneto.
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