Chiesa di San Trovaso.

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An imposing church with two façades, one facing the brook and the other the field of the same name; it seems that the double entrance served to separate the entrance to the two rival factions of the Castellani and the Nicolotti.

The church is located just inside the Zattere, in the vicinity of the ancient and evocative gondola squero of San Trovaso.

The church, of very ancient origins, is dedicated to Saints Gervasio and Protasio, vulgarly San Trovaso.

Rebuilt for the first time in 1028 thanks to the Barbarigo and Caravella families, it was saved from ruin; in 1105 the church suffered a serious fire and the consequent rebuilding. On the night between 11 and 12 September 1583, suddenly, the place of worship fell and was rebuilt on 26 July 1584; the building was erected in just seven years with the structure that we still know today, with the two facades in Palladian style (there are still conflicting opinions on the presumed

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