Places of worship

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Church dedicated to San Pantalon, a dialect word for San Pantaleone di Nicomedia in Bitinia.

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 foundation of the church dates back to the 7th century, by S.Magno bishop, who named it after Jesus the Savior.

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.