Chiesa Santa Maria dei Carmini.

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The church retains the solemnity and majesty of the 14th century despite the alterations it has undergone since then.
It houses masterpieces by artists of the calibre of Cima da Conegliano, Lorenzo Lotto and Jacopo Tintoretto.

The adjoining convent dates back to the end of the 13th century by the Carmelite friars while the church was built in 1286 and consecrated in 1348.

Towards the end of the 15th century, the place of worship underwent a major renovation which substantially changed its facade: it, divided into three parts in the typically Gothic style, acquired the Renaissance form. The main façade, which overlooks the homonymous square, was revisited by Giovanni Buora who took up the motif introduced in Venice by Mauro Codussi: a semicircular tympanum crowning the rectangular area flanked by two q

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