The Madonna dell'Orto is a church in Venice, Italy, in the sestiere of Cannaregio. The church was erected by the now-defunct ... More
Madonna dell'Orto
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The Madonna dell'Orto is a church in Venice, Italy, in the sestiere of Cannaregio. The church was erected by the now-defunct religious order, the "Humiliati" in the mid-14th century, under the direction of Tiberio da Parma, who is buried in the interior. It was initially dedicated to St. Christopher, patron saint of travellers, but its popular name suggesting consecration to Holy Virgin comes from the following century, when an allegedly miraculous statue of the Madonna, commissioned for the Church of S. Maria Formosa but rejected, was brought to the Church from the nearby orchard (orto in Italian) where it had languished. Source: Wikipedia
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For a long time this was the only way to cross the Canal Grande. There was a bridge here at
the end of the 12th Century, but the current one, designed by Antonio da Ponte, was built 1554 1591. ...
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Located in the old church and school of the Carità, Galleria dell'Accademia building was partly built in the 12th Century
and finished in the 14th Century. The Academy of Fine Arts was started here by the Napoleonic government. In ...
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