San Beneto, Baroque church building in Campo San Beneto, Venice, Italy

San Beneto is a baroque church on Campo San Beneto in Venice with an intricately worked stone facade and bell tower. The building features a solid structure with carefully crafted stonework and an entrance along the Corte Tron side alley.

The building dates back to 1013 but was fundamentally transformed in the 1680s and received its present baroque appearance. This reconstruction established it as an example of Venetian baroque design in the city center.

The church displays artworks by renowned Venetian painters that shaped the spiritual life of the neighborhood over centuries. Walking through, you notice how these creations fill the interior with color and devotion.

San Beneto stands in the San Marco sestiere, a short walk from the Fortuny Museum and the Rialto Bridge, in a quarter of narrow streets and local shops. The church is closed for worship and no longer holds services, so it cannot be visited as an active parish church; check locally before planning a stop.

The two Mazzoni works are paintings hung above the side doors flanking the high altar, not door panels: A Priest recommended to the Virgin by St Benedict and St Benedict with John the Baptist and the Virtues. Look up at the walls beside the altar to find them.