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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…

The first Rialto bridge was built around 1180 by the architect Nicolò Barattieri, already known in Venice. Rialto was the nerve center of Venetian and international trade, in this area the merchants gathered to buy and sell merchandise. The…

The church was rebuilt around the middle of the 18th century on a design by Giorgio Massari and dedicated to Santa Maria della Visitazione. The initial project approached the Palladian project of the Chiesa delle Zitelle on Giudecca, also dedicated…

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