CHURCH
OF SANTA MARIA di NAZARETH (SCALZI) -
Sestiere
of Canaregio, XVII - 
The Barefoot Carmelitani friars
acquired the land in 1646 and in 1660 began the edification of this
church dedicated to Santa Maria di Nazareth, recovering the cult from
an image of the Vergine transported here from the Old Lazzareto, once
called of Saint Maria di Nazareth.
Project is by Baldassare Longhena, recognizable in its baroque language.
The building came definitively consecrated in 1705.
The altars conserve numerous eighteenth-century paintings but the church
is famous for its ceiling, entirely frescoed by Tiepolo and unfortunately
damaged during the strafings. The rests of Trasporto della casa di
Loreto (Transport of the house of Loreto) and other details survived
of the ceiling are today kept at the Galleries of the Academy.
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