The church of the Holy Trinity - and the adjoining monastery - were built between the 11th and 12th century in the Dorsoduro district, in the last stretch of the Canal Grande that flows into the Bacino San Marco.In 1256 - in order to thank the Teutonic Knights for their help in the war of San Saba against the Genoese - the doge Raniero Zen had a religious complex of the Holy Trinity built, enriched with precious goods, and gave it to the Knights, who established their residence there.Thereafter, a small church dedicated to Saint Mary of Humility was erected adjacent to the convent in order to
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