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CHURCH
OF SANTA MARIA DEI DERELITTI -
Sestiere of Castello, XVI
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Facade
has been built on a project by architect Baldassarre Longhena with the
funds of a private citizen whom was remembered with a bas-relief placed
in the centre of the facade. Many sculptures representing the Virtù
and the Telamoni are placed to hold up the capitals of the second
order.
This church has a unic nave and internally keeps many paintings of artists
who worked in Venice from the end of seventeenth and the beginning of
eighteenth century: Andrea Celesti, Nicola Grassi, Gian Battista Tiepolo
who signed the Sacrificio di Abramo.
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Points
of interest to visit
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- Events and Titbits
- click the images

Querini Foundation:
painting collection
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Ducale Museum:
S. Mark Square & Basilica
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Restaurant Al Giardinetto
seafood restaurant with ancient courtyard

Correr Museum:
dedcated to Venice history
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