The Chiesa di San Moisè (or San Moisè Profeta) is a church in Venice

Venice

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, northern Italy

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. It is dedicated to Moses

Moses

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 as, like the Byzantines

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, the Venetians tended to canonise Old Testament

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 prophets. It also honours Moisè Venier, who paid for it to be rebuilt in the 9th century. The elaborate Baroque

Baroque

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 facade

Facade

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 is covered in carvings. Some of its sculpture

Sculpture

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s are generally attributed to Heinrich Meyring. The interior is dominated by Meyring's huge altarpiece

Altarpiece

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 - Mount Sinai with Moses receiving the Tablets. John Law

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, originator of the Mississippi Scheme, is buried in the church.

San Moisè is the parish church of one of the parishes in the Vicariate of San Marco-Castello. The other churches within the parish are Santa Maria Zobenigo

Santa Maria Zobenigo

The Chiesa di Santa Maria del Giglio is a church in Venice, Italy.The church, whose name translates into St. Mary of the Lily referring to the flower classically depicted as being presented by the Angel Gabriel during the Annunciation), is more commonly known as Santa Maria Zobenigo after the...

, San Fantin, Santa Croce degli Armeni and the Basilica of San Marco

St Mark's Basilica

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itself.