Recommendation: San Moisè Church, Venice


Recommendation: San Moisè Church, Venice








The Baroque exterior of Venice’s San Moisè Church, near Piazza San Marco, was originally built in the eighth century; San Moisè’s ornate stonework was added in the late 1600’s by the wealthy Fini family. At the time, public statues were forbidden in Venice, so would-be patrons like the Finis immortalized familial likenesses on church façades instead