In the heart of Venice where art, culture and devotion meet
The Scuola Grande di San Rocco is a lay confraternity founded in 1478. The popularity of the cult of St. Roch, whose remains had been in the possession of the brotherhood since 1485, contributed to the latter’s rapid expansion to the extent of it becoming the richest Scuola of the city.
At that point it was decided to build a new monumental headquarters and engage Tintoretto to decorate it with his most celebrated pictorial cycle, illustrating episodes from the New and Old Testaments. It is the only one of the historic Scuole Grandi to have survived the fall of the republic.
It is a unique site, where over 60 paintings are preserved in their original setting in a building that has hardly undergone any alteration since its construction.
The confraternity is still active today, carrying out its traditional charitable duties as well as looking after its extraordinary artistic patrimony.
Daily open
(9:30 – 17:30)
closed on 25th December and 1st January
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Conservation of Tintoretto’s Crucifixion
This project has been made possible by SAVE Venice with the generous support of Arnold M. Bernstein
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Premio Pietro Nacchini – San Rocco
International Competition of Composition for Nacchinian Organ (III ed.)
DEADLINE EXTENDED TO NOVEMBER 15th, 2024
In celebration of the great organ-maker Pietro Nacchini, Venice’s Scuola Grande di San Rocco is announcing the Third International Competition of Composition for Nacchinian Organ.
The competition is open to musicians of all nationalities born after the 1st of January 1989. It is structured into two sections: Solo Organ, and Organ and Choir.
Each participant must must draw inspiration from the motet “O Salutaris Ostia” by Giovanbattista Tosini, which is preserved in the Archive of the Scuola Grande di San Rocco.
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Information
- Scuola Grande
9.30 am – 5.30 pm. The ticket office closes at 5 pm
- Church
Monday – Saturday 9.30 am – 5.30 pm (last entry 5 pm)
Sunday 1:30 pm – 5.30 pm (last entry 5 pm) - Office
Monday – Friday 10.00 – 12.30
- Admission
Entry fees qualify as contributions to the restoration and maintenance of the artistic patrimony incorporated in the Scuola and its Church, as well as to our various charitable activities.
- Payment may be made in cash, or by debit or credit card
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