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Nicolò di Pietro, commissioned by the Tuscan merchant Francesco Amadi, created, in 1408, an image of the "Virgin and Child between two Saints" and its owner decided to place this work outside his home. Immediately this image, considered sacred and…

The imposing religious place dedicated to the Servants of Mary, still visible today only minimally, shows its majesty in two of the very few images that have come down to us: a particular View of the Church of RR. PP. (Reverendi Padri) of the…

The adjoining convent dates back to the end of the 13th century by the Carmelite friars while the church was built in 1286 and consecrated in 1348. Towards the end of the 15th century, the place of worship underwent a major renovation which…

The church of S. Maria del Giglio (or Zobenico, or Zobenigo) was built in the 10th century on a commission from the Jubanico family.Of particular importance is its façade, the work of the architect Giuseppe Sardi from Morcote, where we find statues…

The church, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, was built in the fifteenth century, on a pre-existing building of the eleventh century, and was then remodeled again in the sixteenth century. The façade, divided into three parts by pilasters and…

The church, initially dedicated to Santa Maria di Val Verde, is firmly intertwined with the fate of the Confraternity of Mercy which in the area built a series of infrastructures dedicated to the confreres, from the school to the hospital, from the…

Building which is part of the ecclesiastical complex of Santa Maria della Presentation set up to assist girls without husbands and without dowry because they are poor (hence the nickname "delle Zitelle") who were often forced into prostitution; in…

The religious complex dedicated to the Penitents, consisting of the boarding school and the relative church, was built starting from 1705 with the aim of hosting young girls who had decided to leave prostitution and try to redeem themselves.…

Of very ancient origin (it is assumed around the seventh century), legend has it that one night the Madonna appeared in a dream in "vague form" to the then Bishop of Oderzo San Magno, ordering him to build a temple in a place she indicated.…

The foundation date of the church owned by the noble Baffo family seems to date back to 1222, where an oratory dedicated to Santa Maria Maddalena Penitente was erected. In 1758 it was decided to announce a competition of ideas in which the projects…

In 1483 a group of devoted women asked for permission to build a monastery that would welcome them at Sant'Agnese in Dorsoduro. Not having obtained what they wanted, they were granted the area of ​​the arzeri novi in ​​Sant'Andrea where it is said…

The church was built in the early 14th century on the initiative of Giacomina Scorpioni and with the donations of numerous Venetian patricians including Marco Sanudo Torsello and Filippo Salomon. This economic intervention also allowed the…