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Aesthetically, it is one of the bareest palaces in Venice with its dark brick facade but you can easily understand what its role could be: storing huge quantities of goods. The function of this Fondaco del Megio, in fact, was to preserve grains and…

Joker, impertinent and mischievous: these could be the titles attributed to this mask, known for its favorite pastime, the gioco delle ova (the game of eggs). Indeed, those who decided to wear such costume would soil the adorned garments of ladies…

Of very ancient origins, the place of worship - now disappeared - already existed from the 10th century together with a reception house for pilgrims who went to Palestine, both named after San Biagio and Cataldo, built thanks to the support of the…

The area where the State Police Headquarters is now based was originally one of the numerous islands that made up the Venice of the most ancient periods. According to the memoirs, in the year 1236 this island was given to a certain Constance by…

Place of worship of ancient origins (now demolished and replaced by the railway station), some believe it could date back to shortly after the year one thousand while others, including Sansovino, trace it back to the end of the 13th century.…

During the Serenissima era Quartier Grando, Casa dei Soldai - also known as Palazzo dei Soldati or Headquarters - home of the so-called Fanti da Mar whose direct descendants are today represented by the "Serenissima" Lagunari Regiment, the only…

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…

The former Ospedale degli Incurabili is a large building of sixteenth-century origin on two floors with a white facade and base covered with Istrian stone, located at the Fondamenta delle Zattere dello Spirito Santo, between the Ponte degli…

Originally, in the 10th century, the monastery was built by Blessed Giovanni Morosini in 982 at the behest of Doge Tribuno Memmo who gave it to him for this purpose. In addition to being a place of worship, the convent welcomed the children of the…

The monastery of San Michele was established in the thirteenth century, passing from an initial hermit form to a later conventual one. The first settlement on the island, by the Camaldolese, dates back to the 10th century and only three centuries…

It can be considered the first real seat of the Municipal Library of Mestre whose building was previously occupied by a glass factory; in 1994 it was purchased by the Municipality of Venice which used it as a library. It became the place of the main…

Built in 1260, it was one of the oldest Grand Schools in Venice and is part of the list of the so-called "dei Battuti" schools. As per tradition, this school also carried out humanitarian roles of support and charity towards the less well-off…