San Barnaba, Venice, Italy

Description Although the small church of San Barnaba in this square has a "Holy Family" depiction attributed to Paolo Veronese, a 14th-century belltower, and a Tiepolo-style ceiling, it is more often associated with fact that newly-impoverished members of the aristocracy lived here in state-provided apartments during the Republic's declining years. The church has also gained a more recent distinction when it appeared--albeit as a library--in the film "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade." Ideally located, the San Barnaba square is right off the Ca' Rezzonico stop, between the Accademia/San Trovaso area and Campo San Margherita.

Campo San Barnaba is a neighborhood in Venice, Italy. The neighborhood's church, the Church of San Barnaba, is famous for being featured in numerous films. It was the church in the film Summertime that Katharine Hepburn's character was filming when she fell into the canal. Its exterior was also the location of the library in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

 
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