Down the Strada Nova, opposite a campo bordering the Canal Grande but camouflaged by house fronts, is the entrance to the small church of Santa Sofia , which contains sculptures of four saints by followers of Antonio Rizzo. At the orient end of the Strada you come to the Campo dei Santi Apostoli, an elbow on the road from the Rialto to the train station, with the church of Santi Apostoli , a dark and frequently renovated building last altered substantially in the eighteenth century.

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Santi Apostoli is open regular 7.30-11.30am & 5-7pm.

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The campanile was finished in 1672 - and soon afterwards, according to saint (Jan) Morris, “an old and simple-minded sacristan” fell from it, “but was miraculously caught by the minute hand of the clock, which, slowly revolving to six o’clock, deposited him safely on a parapet”.

The Cappella Corner , off the right side, is the most interesting part of the interior - attributed to Mauro Codussi, its altarpiece (under restoration at the time of writing) is the Communion of St Lucy by Giambattista Tiepolo (1748). One of the inscriptions in the chapel is to Caterina Cornaro, who was buried here before being moved to San Salvatore; the tomb of her father Marco (on the right) is probably by Tullio Lombardo, who also carved the peculiar plaque of Saint Sebastian in the chapel to the right of the chancel, which makes him look as if he has a tree growing out of his head.