Chiesa di Santa Maria dei Servi, Gothic religious building in Cannaregio, Venice, Italy

Chiesa di Santa Maria dei Servi was a Gothic church building in Cannaregio featuring a large central nave without side aisles and two apsidal chapels at the far end. The building held twenty-three separate altars distributed throughout its interior.

The Servite Order laid the first stone in 1318, backed by lay benefactor Giovanni d'Avanzo; the church was consecrated on 7 November 1491 by Antonio Saracco, bishop of Corinth. Between the 16th and 18th centuries new altars and burials were added inside. A fire in 1769 destroyed most of the monastery and its library, and demolition was ordered in 1812, announced by finance intendant Francesco Vendramin.

The Lucchesi Chapel contains ceiling frescoes showing Church Fathers and symbols of the Evangelists, created by artist Nicolò Semitecolo. These paintings show the kind of religious decoration that once adorned this space.

Most of the church was demolished in 1812 during Napoleonic suppression, though the Lucchesi Chapel and several Gothic portals survived the destruction. Today you can see these remaining elements scattered around the Cannaregio area.

The monastery complex occupied a large area that included dormitories, a dining hall, cloisters, and orchards alongside the church building. This arrangement shows how religious communities were entirely self-contained within a single compound.