The area where the church of San Francesco della Vigna is located remained largely uninhabited for a long time and the only activities detected seem to be some warehouses used for timber.
The primitive church and monastery of San Francesco were founded in 1253 by the order of friars minor or preachers. At the behest of the Doge Andrea Gritti, the radical reconstruction of the temple was opted for; the Doge himself had at heart the revaluation of this area of the Castello district, also because he himself had some properties in the area (above all the Nunciature building).
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