Editing Santa Maria Zobenigo

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The '''Chiesa di Santa Maria del Giglio''' is a church in [[Venice]], [[Italy]].
[[File:Chiesa di Santa Maria del Giglio Venezia - Carolus Barbaro.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Statue of Carolus Barbaro.]]
The church, whose name translates into ''St. Mary of the Lily'' referring to the flower classically depicted as being presented by the Angel [[Gabriel]] during the [[Annunciation]]), is more commonly known as '''Santa Maria Zobenigo''' after the Jubanico family who founded it in the 9th century. The edifice is situated on the Campo Santa Maria Zobenigo, west of the [[Piazza San Marco]]. It was rebuilt by [[Giuseppe Sardi (1624–1699)|Giuseppe Sardi]] for Admiral [[Antonio Barbaro]] between 1678 and 1681 and has one of the finest [[Venetian Baroque]] facades in all of Venice. The church is now part of the parish of [[Chiesa di San Moisè|San Moisè]].

== Exterior ==
The exterior lacks any Christian image statues or reliefs. It shows the marble relief maps of various places in which Antonio Barbaro served, including [[Heraklion|Candia]], [[Zadar]], [[Padua]], [[Rome]], [[Corfu]] and [[Split, Croatia|Split]].<ref>[http://www.venicebanana.com/eng/ch027.htm#02 Venice Banana] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717192909/http://www.venicebanana.com/eng/ch027.htm |date=2011-07-17 }} files</ref> His own statue, as the chief benefactor, in the center, sculpted by [[Josse de Corte]], is flanked by representations of Honour, Virtue, Fame and Wisdom.<ref>[http://www.jssgallery.org/Essay/Venice/Church/Santa_Maria_del_Giglio.htm JSS Gallery], orig. Timeout.com</ref> The other statues are his brothers.  At the top of the facade is the Barbaro family arms carved in relief.

==Interior==
The nave ceiling is decorated with a large canvas by [[Antonio Zanchi]]. Along the nave are painted depictions of the ''Via Crucis'' (1755–1756) or ''[[Stations of the Cross]]'' by various artists, including [[Francesco Zugno]], [[Gianbattista Crosato]], [[Gaspare Diziani]], and [[Jacopo Marieschi]]. To the right of the nave entering, the Molin chapel contains a ''Madonna and Child with Young St John'', the only painting by the Flemish painter [[Peter Paul Rubens|Rubens]] in Venice. That chapel also has a painting of ''St Vincent Ferrer'' (1750) by [[Giovanni Battista Piazzetta]] and [[Giuseppe Angeli]].

The altar has flanking statues depicting the ''Annuciation'' by [[Heinrich Meyring]]. Behind the high altar, in the sanctuary are paintings of the ''Evangelists'' by [[Tintoretto|Jacopo Tintoretto]]. The organ shutters include works by [[Alessandro Vittoria]]. Other paintings in the church are by [[Sebastiano Ricci]] and [[Jacopo Palma the Younger|Palma the Younger]]. [[Giovanni Maria Morlaiter]] has an additional sculpture found in the second chapel to the right of ''San Gregorio Barbarigo''. Another painting by Tintoretto, ''Christ with two Saints'' in the north aisle, has been damaged by restoration.
[[File:Interior of Santa Maria del Giglio (Venice).jpg|thumb|Interior view.]]

==In fiction==
The church and its parish feature in the novel'' [[Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell]]'' by [[Susanna Clarke]]; The titular Mr. Strange stays in a house near Santa Maria Zobenigo when he is cursed causing perpetual night to descend on the parish.<ref>Clarke, ''Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell'', Ch. 63.</ref> The church is mentioned in chapter IX, page 77 of [[Ernest Hemingway]]'s 1950 novel, ''[[Across the River and Into the Trees]]''. Part of the action in [[Nicolas Remin]]'s novel ''Venezianische Verlobung'' takes place in Santa Maria Zobenigo. The Church is mentioned in Those Who Walk Away by Patricia Highsmith, which is set in Venice.

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://maps.google.com/maps?q=venice,+italy&ll=45.432551,12.332778&spn=0.003004,0.010274&t=k&hl=en Satellite image from Google Maps]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070821215654/http://www.chorusvenezia.org/web/page.asp?id_page=45  Chorus Venezia entry]

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