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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; it is believed that it was built in the 7th century and was one of the 25 places of worship that were destroyed in the fire of 1106. The dedication to San Nicolò, protector of…

When Venice won the Lepanto war in 1571, the bells of the bell tower of San Nicolò were the first to announce the great victory, as the Benedictine fathers were the first to see the ships returning to the lagoon. The church of S. Nicolò is located…

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…

The foundation of the church dates back to the 7th century, by S.Magno bishop, who named it after Jesus the Savior. In the XII century it was destroyed by a fire and more precisely in 1167, it was subsequently rebuilt in about ten years and the then…

The church was built, for the first time, around the year 1000 on the initiative of the Bondù family and was dedicated to San Matteo Apostolo. It was destroyed by two fires, one in 1005 and one in 1007 and rebuilt. Six centuries later, due to a…

The site stands on a small convent and a hospice built by the monks of San Girolamo around the middle of the fourteenth century; next to it was also founded the oratory dedicated to Santa Maria Assunta which was shortly after transformed into a…

The very first settlements on the island of San Servolo date back to the 7th century when a company of Benedictine monks occupied it. At the time, a church already existed and was dedicated to San Cristoforo. Shortly after, the religious decided to…

Church named after Saints Simeon and Judas and commonly called San Simeon Piccolo to distinguish it from the nearby church of San Simeone Profeta (San Simeon Grande). The building was erected approximately between the 10th and 11th centuries while…