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The Chiesa di San Barnaba (Church of Saint Bernard), commonly called San Barnaba, is an 18th century Roman Catholic church located in the Dorsoduro sestiere of the Italian city of Venice. A church has stood on this site since 809 with a number of rebuilds following over the centuries. The most recent one was overseen by the architect Lorenzo Boschetti who built the present church between 1749 and 1776. The church has one of the oldest campaniles in Venice. It contains a painting attributed to Paolo Veronese and a ceiling fresco by Costantino Cedini. Its exterior is recognisable as the location for scenes in both Summertime, featuring Katherine Hepburn, and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. The church is currently home to an exhibition of replicas of Leonardo da Vinci's inventions and is therefore open to the public daily.

History
A church was founded on this site in 809 but was destroyed by fire in 1105. Following this a new church was built and was consecrated in 1350. The present church is the third rebuilding and was completed between 1749 and 1776. The building was designed by Lorenzo Boschetti, a follower of the late Baroque architect Giorgio Massari. The church has a façade in the style of a Greek temple front.

The church has an adjacent 35 m high campanile which dates from the 11th century and is therefore one of the oldest in Venice. It was restored in 1882 by Lodovico Cadorin.

Artwork
The church contains a painting titled Holy family with the infant Saint John which was brought from Padua in 1774. It has been attributed by the Renaissance art historian Bernard Berenson to the artist Paolo Veronese. The church also contains a ceiling fresco by a follower of Tiepolo called Costantino Cedini.