It takes its name from the Roman order of the Discalced Carmelite friars who settled in the lagoon in 1633 and bought the land in 1649. It is dedicated to Santa Maria di Nazareth, recovering the cult from an image of the Virgin transported here from the homonymous island. which would later become the Lazzaretto Vecchio.
The project, characterized by a single nave, with two side chapels, each in turn flanked by two minor chapels, is due to Baldassare Longhena. After passing the triumphal arch, the hall enters the presbytery, raised and covered by a dome and then into the apse whe
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