Ospedale degli Incurabili | |
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Ospedale degli incurabili | |
General information | |
Location | Fondamenta delle Zattere, Venice |
Country | Italy |
Coordinates | 45°25′43″N 12°19′50″E / 45.4286°N 12.3305°E |
Current tenants | Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Jacopo Sansovino |
The Ospedale degli Incurabili is a large sixteenth-century hospital building on the Fondamenta delle Zattere , in the sestiere of Dorsoduro, in Venice in north-eastern Italy.[1][2] Today it is occupied by the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia.[3]: 153 It was built in the second half of the sixteenth century; the church – which no longer exists – may have been designed by Jacopo Sansovino.