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External facade of the Church of Santa Caterina — (Archivio Bazzmann/Venipedia)

Church dating back to the 11th century that underwent numerous alterations and was the victim of a fire in recent years. Its interior was also enriched with important paintings by Jacopo Tintoretto and Paolo Veronese. Today it houses the Marco Foscarini Boarding School and Lyceum.

The church, often confused with the homonymous temple located on the island of Mazzorbo, was built in the 11th century by Augustinian monks - called "Sacchini" or "Sacchiti" because of the clothes they wore -, who also built the adjoining monastery. When in 1274 the order of Augustinian monks was suppressed by the Council of Lyon, the monumental complex, not yet completed, was acquired by the wealthy merchant Giovanni Bianco who gave it to the Augustinians in 1288, first as a concession and then as a donation, in 1291. The noblewoman Bortolotta Giustinian, daughter of Nicolò, a monk in San Nic

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