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Basilica dei Frari: Titian's church

From the door of this vast brick church you see, framed by the arch of the choir screen, a blaze of red: Titian's Assumption, rising over the high altar where he painted it to hang. He is buried here too, a few steps away.

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Mon to Sat from 9:00, Sun from 13:00
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    What to see at the Frari

    1. Titian's Assumption

      The Virgin rising in a swirl of red and gold over the apostles, the painting that made Titian the first painter of Venice.

    2. The Pesaro Madonna

      Titian's altarpiece for the Pesaro family, with the Virgin set to one side, a daring change to the altarpieces of his day.

    3. Bellini's triptych

      Giovanni Bellini's Madonna and saints in the sacristy, in its original gilded frame.

    4. The friars' choir

      The carved wooden stalls of the friars in the middle of the nave, behind a marble screen.

    5. The tombs

      Canova's pyramid tomb, built from his own design for Titian and used for him instead, and Titian's own grand monument facing it.

    Tickets and tours for the Frari

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      Venice: Basilica dei Frari Entrance Ticket

      Entry to the Basilica dei Frari, with Titian, Bellini and Donatello inside.

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    Visiting the Frari: hours and admission

    Opening hours

    Monday to Friday, to 31 October
    9:00 to 19:30
    Monday to Saturday, from 1 November to Easter
    9:00 to 18:00
    Sundays and holidays
    13:00 to 18:00
    • On Saturdays in summer the church closes at 18:00.
    • The last entry is half an hour before closing.
    • Visits stop during services, weddings, funerals and concerts. The church's calendar lists them.

    Who gets in free

    • Entry to pray is free. A visit is by ticket.

    Getting there

    Vaporetto
    San Tomà, on lines 1 and 2, about three minutes away.
    On foot
    Ten minutes from the Rialto, beside the Scuola Grande di San Rocco.
    From the station
    Venice has no cars. From Santa Lucia station or Piazzale Roma, take the vaporetto down the Grand Canal, or walk: the city is small, but its lanes wind.

    Address

    Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari
    Campo dei Frari 3072
    30125 Venice, Italy

    Entrances

    The visitors' entrance is signposted on the Campo dei Frari.

    On the map

    Before you go

    • It is a working church: visits stop during services.
    • On Sundays and holidays it opens to visitors only in the afternoon.
    • The Scuola Grande di San Rocco, with its Tintorettos, is round the corner. See both in one go.

    The friars' church and Titian's

    Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari is the church of the Franciscan friars, the frari, built in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, one of the largest churches in Venice and its finest Gothic one.

    It holds a run of masterpieces in the places they were made for: Titian's Assumption of 1518 on the high altar, his Pesaro Madonna, Giovanni Bellini's triptych in the sacristy and Donatello's wooden St John the Baptist, with the tombs of doges, of Titian and of Canova.

    Basilica dei Frari: common questions

    What are the opening hours of the Frari?
    Monday to Friday, to 31 October: 9:00 to 19:30. Monday to Saturday, from 1 November to Easter: 9:00 to 18:00. Sundays and holidays: 13:00 to 18:00. On Saturdays in summer the church closes at 18:00. The last entry is half an hour before closing. Visits stop during services, weddings, funerals and concerts. The church's calendar lists them.
    Is the Frari ever free?
    Entry to pray is free. A visit is by ticket.
    What does the ticket include?
    Entry to the Basilica dei Frari. It is sold by GetYourGuide.
    Is Titian buried in the Frari?
    Yes. He died in the plague of 1576 and was buried in the church, where a large monument was raised to him in the nineteenth century.
    How long does a visit to the Frari take?
    About an hour.

    What visitors say about the Frari

    Rating from Google

    4.7

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    Google's figures as read on 27 October 2026.

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