The initial construction of this place of worship seems to date back to 837 on the decision of Pietro and Giovanni Tradonico and was dedicated to St Paul, Polo in Venetian.
The architectural style of the church is unidentifiable as the original plan of the building was with three aisles, but over the centuries various architectural and decorative elements were added during restorations. The church developed from the original Byzantine structure (the two lions at the base of the belltower are proof of this) to the Gothic style of the XV-XVI centuries, seen in the Rose window of the
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