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Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo | |
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45°26′21″N 12°20′32″E / 45.4392°N 12.3421°E | |
Location | Venice |
Country | Italy |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Religious order | Dominicans |
History | |
Status | Minor basilica Conventual church |
Architecture | |
Architectural type | Church |
The Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo, known in Venetian as San Zanipolo, is a Catholic minor basilica and Dominican conventual church in the Castello sestiere of Venice, Italy.
It is one of the largest churches in the city of Venice. After the 15th century the funeral services of all of Venice's doges were held here, and twenty-five doges are buried in the church.