Here we are in Campo San Pantalon, with the church dedicated to Saint Pantaleon, a priest who was martyred in the 3rd century for trying to convert people to Christianity in Anatolia, or modern Turkey.
The brick-façade gives it an air of simplicity, completely opposite to its interior, which holds the largest painting in the world, spread across the whole ceiling, with a depiction of San Pantalon’s martyrdom. And this is not the only record this church holds, as in a small chapel is kept what some believe to be one of the nails used in Jesus’s crucifiction. Now, if you look to the canal and go towards the building on the edge of the water, you’ll see a plaque outlining the sizes of fish that people were legally allowed to sell in Venice. Vigilant as ever, the state’s penalty for infringement would have been quite harsh.
