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You come across Strada Nova - from the train station towards Campo dei Santi Apostoli -, on the right shortly after crossing the Ponte delle Guglie, in the Campo of the same name. To see it you have to pay attention, since its view is "obstructed"…

It is said that the church was founded in ancient times between the sixth and seventh centuries while it is known from historical sources that, thanks to the contribution of the patrician Partecipazio family, in the ninth century the convent of…

The date of construction of the church is still uncertain even if according to the Corner it is to be placed at the end of the 11th century, before 1072; it seems to have been built by the will of the noble Dandolo and Pizzamano families. Over the…

Popular belief believes that the church of Saints Ermagora and Fortunato, transformed into "San Marcuola" in the Venetian dialect, was built on an island called Lemeneo between the 9th and 10th centuries by some refugees who fled from the mainland…

Even today it is not known exactly when the church was founded, some believe - also given the dedication to San Martino - dating back to the eighth century by the Lombard colonies or by families of Ferrara who fled their native country. According to…

Slightly set back from the noisy and crowded Strada Nova, the church dedicated to San Marziale or San Marcilliano bishop of Limoges, looks like an austere and bare religious building with external walls devoid of any decoration. It was first erected…

The origins of the church are very ancient: it was built in 699 by the will of the Candiana family called Sanudo and titled to Saints Maurizio, Lazzaro and Adriano. In 1105 the building underwent an extensive fire that completely destroyed it; it…

The place of worship, located inside the island of San Michele, was built for the first time in 1221 after the bishops of Torcello and San Pietro di Castello assigned the island area to the Camaldolese Benedictine monks. The building, consecrated by…

Known as the church of the Tolentini, it was designed in 1591 by Vincenzo Scamozzi at the behest of the Order of Regular Theatine Clerics but after a few years from the start of the works, due to too great economic demands, the collaboration with…

Tradition holds that this church is one of the oldest in Venice, built in the 7th century and was one of the 25 places of worship that were destroyed in the fire of 1106. The origin of the name 'Mendicoli' has two interpretations: the first as a…

Church dedicated to San Pantalon, a dialect word for San Pantaleone di Nicomedia in Bitinia. Uncertain is the date of construction as well as the original appearance, Pope Alexander III named it for the first time in 1161, thus returning to the core…

Some sources attest to the presence of a church dedicated to Saints Sergius and Bacchus between the fifth and sixth centuries, above which the current votive temple to St. Peter will be built. The construction of the cathedral that would have…