Saint Michael church in Mirano, Catholic church in Mirano, Italy
The Duomo di San Michele Arcangelo has a bare facade with a triangular pediment and no decoration. Inside, a single nave with tall basilical windows is lined with grey Corinthian order and faux-marble walls. The flat ceiling carries Giovanni De Min's fresco of the Last Judgment, and the high altar, a marble work by Antonio Fioretti from 1718, holds statues by Giuseppe Torretto.
The parish originated as a convent and in the 15th century was a priory of the Augustinian Order. In 1477 it was incorporated into the Congregation of San Giorgio in Alga, and in 1668 the Republic of Venice sold its assets to the prior of the Convento della Lattuga. The present church replaced a Renaissance church and convent; work began on 6 July 1680 and Bishop Giovanni Battista Sanudo consecrated it on 3 June 1696. Since 1771 it has been an archpriestal church.
The church is dedicated to Saint Michael the Archangel, patron of the parish. Beside it stands the Scoletta, a Renaissance chapel built in 1501 as the seat of the Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament. The Mascioni organ, opus 442, was built in 1931 with electric transmission and 28 registers.
The church stands in Mirano, in the metropolitan city of Venice, and belongs to the Diocese of Treviso. The facade with its triangular tympanum has no decoration, so the entrance is easy to miss from the square. The Renaissance chapel called the Scoletta, built in 1501, stands beside the cathedral.
The facade has no decoration at all, only a plain triangular pediment. The interior is single-naved with tall basilical windows, grey Corinthian order and faux-marble walls. Above the cantoria stands the Mascioni organ opus 442, built in 1931 with electric transmission, 28 registers on two manuals and pedal.
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