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The exact origins of the church of San Stae, in Italian Sant'Eustachio are not known, but it seems that it already existed in the 12th century. Eustachio - hunter - lived between the 1st and 2nd centuries and, under Trajan, converted to Christianity…

The building apparently dates back to the 10th century and was built on land once owned by the Tonisto family. Dedicated to St. Thomas the Apostle (San Tomà in Venetian), in the following centuries it underwent several alterations and was…

The church, of very ancient origins, is dedicated to Saints Gervasio and Protasio, vulgarly San Trovaso. Rebuilt for the first time in 1028 thanks to the Barbarigo and Caravella families, it was saved from ruin; in 1105 the church suffered a serious…

The church was built in 1084 by the will of the doge Vitale Falier who dedicated it to his homonymous saint. It underwent a first remodeling in the 12th century during which the bell tower was also put in hand and a second alteration took place in…

San Zan Degolà is the dialect terminology for San Giovanni Decollato. Its origins are uncertain, some scholars date it to the 7th and 8th centuries while others date it to the early 11th century. Certainly, the Venier family contributed to the…

Place of worship titled to the martyr of Antioch San Giuliano, who with his wife Basilissa, was tortured in 304 in Alexandria. The ancient church was erected for the first time in the 9th century and was destroyed and rebuilt several times; the last…

Its construction date is uncertain, even if very ancient, some place it at the end of the 10th century while others make it belong to the following century. Its first rebuilding dates back to the early twelfth century following a devastating fire…

It is said that Luigi Ludovico d'Angiò (Alvise in Venice) gave up taking the throne of king of Naples to wear the Franciscan habit and lead a retired life in poverty but that Pope Boniface VIII chose him to cover the role of bishop of Toulouse (1296…

In the first years of the fourteenth century a small institute was built for the shelter of women in poverty, with an adjoining small oratory which was then demolished in the second half of the fifteenth; the same was replaced with a church…

The church was built towards the middle of the 11th century and dedicated to Sant'Apollinare, vulgo S. Aponal, thanks to donations from the Rampan (or Rampani) and Scievola (or Sievoli) families of Ravenna. It underwent some renovations that changed…

The building - dedicated to the four virgins of Aquileia: Eufemia, Dorotea, Tecla and Erasma made martyrs by the Roman emperor Nero - represents the oldest building in Giudecca and one of the oldest in Venice. It seems to have been built, for the…

The first monumental complex, consisting of a hospital and a church, seems to have been erected in the 8th century while the current building, connected with the adjacent female monastery, which does not exist today, was founded in 1291. In 1432 the…