The church of the Madonna dell'Arsenale was a religious building in the city of Venice located in the Castello district.
The building was erected in the second half of the 16th century
immediately outside the Arsenale in front of the right tower of the main
entrance. From some views by Canaletto and Luca Carlevarijs, the church
had a structure similar to a classical temple with a rectangular plan,
with the left side facing the Rio dell'Arsenale made up of a continuous
row of square pillars similar to a loggia and the right side close of
the Arsenale factories.
The facade consisted of two square
pillars flanked by two simple columns which supported a triangular
tympanum on top of which was placed a statue of the Madonna flanked on
either side by two statues of praying angels. In the center of the
tympanum there was a large bas-relief depicting the lion of San Marco.
The rectangular portal was surmounted by a coat of arms and two statues
of saints.
The church was closed for worship following the
Napoleonic decrees and demolished in 1808.