chiesa di San Giorgio dei Greci: cosa c’è intorno, come arrivare e quando andare · 2026

Inside, post-Byzantine aesthetics dominate the sanctuary. Giovanni Kyprios frescoed the Last Judgement across the overhead dome, while Cretan hagiographer Emanuele Tzane-Buniales painted ascetic hermits above the pilasters. Sacred panel paintings include historic icons of the Virgin Hodegetria and Christ Pantokrator, brought to the lagoon by Anna Notaras, daughter of the final megas doux of the Byzantine Empire.

Beyond the sanctuary walls, the complex preserves active intellectual institutions that long supported Greek diaspora scholars. The adjacent Flanginian School, once dedicated to training teachers, now accommodates the Hellenic Institute of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Studies alongside a dedicated museum collection established by Sophia Antoniadis. Sculptor Baldassarre Longhena contributed the interior Seviros memorial.