"la Chiesa di San Clemente" Other Islands Tip by MM212

Located on a homonymous island 10 minutes south of Venice, la Chiesa di San Clemente was built in 1131 as part of a monastery that hosted Crusader armies on their way to the Levant. The original church was probably Romanesque in style, but it received its existing Renaissance-style façade in 1485. In the 17th century, the Camaldolese (Benedictine) monks who occupied the monastery renovated the interior, which left us the frescoes and Baroque decorations we see today. The entire monastery closed down after the Napoleonic suppression and the church was deconsecrated. While the church has since been empty, the monastic complex has been turned into one of Venice's most luxurious hotels, the San Clemente Palace Hotel & Resort. For those wishing to visit the church, the hotel provides a prompt and frequent shuttle service from San Marco.