Basilica del Redentore

The Church of the Redeemer was designed and begun in 1577 by the architect Andrea Palladio and completed by Antonio da Ponte in 1592. The construction of the church followed the plague epidemic that struck Venice from 1575 onwards and decimated almost one in three Venetians. In September 1576, when the disease seemed unstoppable, the Senate asked for divine help by vowing to build a new church dedicated to Jesus the Redeemer. The Feast of the Redeemer is a festival held annually in Venice on the third Saturday and Sunday of July to commemorate the end of the great plague epidemic of 1575-1576.

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Chiesa dello Spirito Santo

The Church of the Holy Spirit was built from 1506 on the site of an Augustinian monastery founded in 1483. At the same time, next to the church and separated from it by Calle del Monastero, the building of the Scuola dello Spirito Santo was built, also with a façade overlooking the canal. The church is a branch of the Gesuati church, of which it is part of the parish.

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Chiesa di Sant'Agnese

The church of Sant'Agnese was founded between the 10th and 11th centuries. In the following centuries, several architectural interventions took place, especially in the Gothic and Baroque periods. Jacopo de' Barbari's plan of 1500 also shows the presence of a Gothic portico in front of the façade, which has now disappeared. In 1810, the church was closed to worship as a result of Napoleonic decrees and much of the interior decoration was lost. The church was again used for worship in the mid-19th century after restoration work that left little of the original structure.

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Chiesa di San Gregorio

The ancient church of San Gregorio was probably erected at the beginning of the 9th century, and in 989 it was submitted to the Benedictines of the Abbey of Sant'Ilario. Due to the decline of the latter, the monks gradually moved to San Gregorio in the following years. It was originally affiliated to the church of Santa Maria Zobenigo and also served as a parish. The monastery was abolished in 1775. The church briefly retained its role as a parish church but was closed to worship in 1808 under Napoleon. While the monastery buildings were used as dwellings, the church was occupied by a mint for refining gold. After its restoration in 1959-60, it was used as a restoration workshop by the Soprintendenza per i beni artistici e storici di Venezia. Today, it has long been disused.