The church can quite rightly be called “Tintoretto’s church”: this great artist spent most of his life in the surroundings, he was buried here and his teleri full of pathos transfigure the interior.
It was built in the 14th century but was renovated in the 15th century so in its tripartite façade in terracotta feature transition elements from Romanesque to Gothic and from Gothic to Renaissance style.
The interior, with its basilical plan with three naves, boasts (from the right nave) St. John the Baptist between St. Peter, St. Mark, St. Jerome, and St. Paul by Cima da Conegliano, and the mystic Presentation of Mary at the Temple by Tintoretto.

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