Local Information for Visitors

The Biennale encompasses Venice’s internationally renowned biannual contemporary art and architecture exhibitions and the annual film festival.

Here you will find historic information and tickets to performances at Venice’s world-famous opera house. La Fenice was reopened in 2004 after a devastating fire, and Save Venice contributed to the rebuilding effort.

Official City of Venice Tourist and Travel Information

The Basilica of San Marco has stood for over a thousand years and is a must-see for every visitor to Venice. Save Venice has restored over 11 works of art (plus 43 objects in the treasury) that are located throughout the church, its treasury, and the Basilica Museum (located upstairs).

Chorus aims to protect, preserve, restore and promote the architectural ad artistic heritage of Venice churches and the Patriarchy’s ones alike. In order to do so, Chorus provides adequate safekeeping activities to preserve the integrity of the churches’ historical and artistic heritage. It offers longer opening times to the public and promotes knowledge among visitors and amateurs through adequate informative materials.

The Frari basilica, founded in the 13th century, is Venice's largest church. Of the many artistic treasures that Save Venice has restored here, the most notable is Titian’s Assumption of the Virgin, known as the Assunta, and its monumental stone frame, which returned to view following a four-year campaign in 2022. Towering more than 22 feet tall, the Assunta is the world's largest painting on wood panel and among the most influential altarpieces in European art. It is housed in an Istrian stone frame attributed to Lorenzo and Giambattista Bregno and designed in collaboration with Titian. Save Venice has funded the conservation of over a dozen artworks, including Titian’s Madonna di Ca’ Pesaro altarpiece, Donatello’s Saint John the Baptist, Paolo Veneziano’s Doge Francesco Dandolo, the Monument to Doge Francesco Foscari, and Giovanni Bellini’s triptych in the sacristy.

This site is the main source of information from the Patriarchal Diocese of Venice, including church locations and mass times, holidays and other observance occasions, and contact information for administrative offices as well as clergy.

The Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia includes all civic museums in Venice: Palazzo Ducale, Museo Correr, Ca' Rezzonico, Ca' Pesaro, Murano Glass Museum, Natural History Museum, Palazzo Mocenigo, Palazzo Fortuny, Burano Lace Museum, Casa Goldoni, and the Clock Tower.

The Gallerie dell’Accademia di Venezia is one of Venice’s most important art museums. It houses the world’s largest collection of Venetian painting from the 14th to the 18th centuries, featuring masterpieces by artists such as Bellini, Carpaccio, Giorgione, Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese, and Tiepolo. Here, Save Venice has funded the conservation of dozens of masterpieces by these great artists.

The Palazzo Cini Gallery in Venice is located on the Grand Canal in Dorsoduro near the Accademia. Housed in the historic residence of the Cini family, it was opened to the public in 1984 to display the art collection of industrialist and philanthropist Vittorio Cini. The gallery features an intimate and elegant setting with masterpieces of Tuscan and Ferrarese painting from the 13th to 16th centuries, alongside Renaissance furnishings, decorative arts, and sculptures. Highlights include works by Giotto’s followers, Piero della Francesca, and Botticelli. The museum combines the feel of a private home with the richness of a major collection, offering visitors a unique glimpse into Italian Renaissance culture.

The Pinacoteca Manfrediniana was founded from the art collection of Marquis Federico Manfredini (1743–1829), who devoted his life to assembling paintings and prints while in service to the Grand Dukes of Tuscany and later during his retirement in Veneto. With no heirs, he bequeathed the bulk of his collection to the Patriarchal Seminary of Venice, motivated by his respect for the Venetian patriarchs and his friendship with the scholar Giannantonio Moschini. The museum preserves 89 works, including pieces by Vivarini, Bellini, Cima da Conegliano, Bassano, Bordone, Lippi, Beccafumi, and Allori, along with examples from central Italian and Northern European schools. Highlights also include early copies of masterpieces now in the Louvre and Hermitage, as well as sculptures and bas-reliefs ranging from the 13th to 19th centuries—notably a 13th-century Adoration of the Magi and terracotta busts by Alessandro Vittoria. In 2019, the Pinacoteca was officially designated the Diocesan Museum of the Patriarchate of Venice, reinforcing its role as a cultural and spiritual hub in the “Salute” area and safeguarding a significant part of Venice’s artistic heritage.

On March 29th, 1516 the Venetian government issued special laws, creating the first Ghetto of Europe. The Jewish Ghetto was an area where Jews were forced to live and they were forbidden to leave the gated community from dusk to dawn. The Ghetto existed for more than two and a half centuries, until Napoleon conquered Venice and liberated the Jews from these restrictions in 1797. Save Venice has funded restorations in the scuole (confraternities), synagogues, and libraries of this historic Ghetto.

The Scuola Grande di San Rocco in Venice is a historic confraternity renowned for its extraordinary cycle of paintings by Tintoretto. Founded in the 16th century by a lay brotherhood dedicated to Saint Roch, protector against plague, the Scuola became a symbol of Venetian devotion and civic pride. Its interiors are lavishly decorated, with Tintoretto’s dramatic canvases covering the walls and ceilings.

This lay confraternity was founded in 1451 by the Dalmatian community residing in Venice and is active today. The Scuola retains Vittore Carpaccio's original narrative cycle (c. 1501-1512) of scenes from the lives of saints George, Jerome, and Tryphon. Save Venice is halfway through a conservation program that began in 2019, and visitors can now admire the splendidly restored Calling of Matthew, Agony in the Garden, Vision of Saint Augustine, Saint George and the Dragon, and Saint Jerome and the Lion. In 2001-2004, Save Venice funded the restoration of the Scuola’s façade, which is embellished with a marble relief by 16th-century sculptor Pietro da Salò depicting Saint George and the Dragon, and a 14th-century relief showing the Virgin and Child with Saints.

The Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista is one of Venice’s historic confraternities, founded in the 13th century and dedicated to St. John the Evangelist. Located near the Frari, it became especially prominent after acquiring a relic of the True Cross in 1369, which inspired some of the most celebrated Venetian paintings. The complex includes elegant Renaissance architecture, a grand staircase by Mauro Codussi, and richly decorated halls that once hosted civic and religious gatherings. Renowned for its cultural and charitable role, the Scuola also commissioned masterpieces by artists such as Gentile Bellini, Carpaccio, and Perugino, making it an important center of Venetian art and spirituality.