LONGHENA, Baldassare
(b. 1598, Venezia, d. 1682, Venezia)

San Giorgio Monastery: Staircase

1641-43
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Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice

The monumental staircase in the San Giorgio Monastery was designed and built by Baldassare Longhena between 1641 and 1643. The windowed galleries of this great staircase permit light to flood in. The floors and balustrades are all richly decorated, some with polychrome marble.