Interior view
by SPAVENTO, Giorgio, Photo
The Chiesa di San Salvatore (known in Venetian as San Salvador) is located on the Campo San Salvador, along the Merceria, the main shopping street of Venice. The church was first consecrated in 1177 by Pope Alexander III shortly after his reconciliation with Emperor Frederick Barbarossa at nearby San Marco. The present church, however, was begun in around 1508 by Giorgio Spavento and continued after his death the following year by Tullio Lombardo, Vincenzo Scamozzi and possibly Jacopo Sansovino. They built a large hall church, formed from three Greek crosses placed end to end. Each has a dome with a lantern to let light into the cavernous interior. The fa�ade was added in 1663 by Giuseppe Sardi.
The photo shows the interior.
View the ground plan of San Salvatore, Venice.