Bona Ventura

San Marco (Merceria) · Venice

San Salvador

Chiesa di San Salvador

Place of worship

A grand Renaissance church on the Mercerie with two late Titians: the Annunciation (1560-65) and the Transfiguration on the high altar. The Transfiguration is a weekday cover: a mechanism lowers it on special feasts to reveal a 14th-15th-century gilded silver altarpiece. Caterina Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus, has her monument in the transept.

Address
Campo San Salvador, San Marco 4835, 30124 Venezia
Hours
Daily 8:45-17:15 (parish site, 2026)
Best time to go
Morning · About 30 min
Price
Free entry; sacristy and treasury by free-will offering (parish site, 2026)
Price level
€

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Good to know

  • Open to visitors every day 8:45-17:15 (parish site); the sacristy and treasury open occasionally for a free-will offering.
  • Look closely at the signature on the Annunciation: Titian wrote 'fecit' twice.

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