San Barnaba, Venice
The Chiesa di San Barnaba is a small Neoclassical-style church in the sestiere of Dorsoduro in Venice. It is dedicated to the Apostle Saint Barnabas.History
A church at the site was built in the ninth century, but destroyed by fire in 1105. Rebuilt in 1350, it was reconstructed in its present form in 1776 under the patronage of Marcantonio Grimani using designs of Lorenzo Boschetti. The 11th-century campanile, detached from the main body of the church, has a pine-cone shaped spire from the 1300s. To the left of the church was the entrance to the Casin dei Nobili, which was an active gaming house in the 18th century. The church is now deconsecrated and used for exhibitions.
A scene in the 1989 film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade was shot in the Campo San Barnaba in front of the church, with the church's façade as an imaginary library.
