Sant’Andrea della Zirada, Gothic church in Santa Croce, Venice, Italy.

Sant'Andrea della Zirada is a Gothic church in Santa Croce, Venice, with a pale tan brick facade whose top edge steps into scalloped arches, crowned by a stone cross. A round window sits below the peak, flanked by two arched windows with small panes. The Istrian white stone portal holds 14th-century reliefs of Christ as Man of Sorrows and the Calling of Saints Peter and Andrew, and the interior is a single nave with a plain, low ceiling.

In 1329 four noblewomen—Francesca Corraro, Elisabetta Gradenigo, Elisabetta Soranzo and Maddalena Malipiero—were granted permission to found an abbey at Cao de Zirada; construction began in 1331 and the monastery opened in 1346 under the Augustinian rule. The church, financed by the Bonzio family, was largely rebuilt in 1475, reconsecrated in 1502 by Giulio Brocchetta, Archbishop of Corinth, and remodelled inside in the 17th century. The monastery was later suppressed and mostly demolished; the church became a subsidiary parish church, consecrated but not open for worship.

The name comes from the site called "cao de zirada", where four noblewomen founded the complex in 1329 under the rule of Saint Augustine. The monastery fed needy women, and from 1684 its nuns had to accept three converse a year without a dowry. The church is consecrated but no longer open for worship.

The location sits near Piazzale Roma, Venice's main transportation hub. You can reach it easily by vaporetto or with a short walk through the neighborhood streets.

The Istrian stone portal holds two 14th-century bas-reliefs: Christ as the Man of Sorrows and the Calling of Saints Peter and Andrew from their fishing boat. The church was consecrated in 1502 by Giulio Brocchetta, archbishop of Corinth.