Chiesa dei Gesuati

The present church of Santa Maria del Rosario, commonly known as the Gesuati church, was built between 1726 and 1743 for the Dominican friars. The name Gesuati comes from the religious order, suppressed in 1668, which had a church and above all, a large convent in the area, later bought by the Dominicans. With the suppression of the religious orders in 1810, the church became a parish church.

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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 Saint George

The Church of St George, built from 1926, is the Anglican church in Venice. The entrance consists of a simple bronze portal with a semicircular Istrian stone roof, surmounted by a statue of the saint and a bas-relief depicting St George slaying the dragon. The portal is flanked by two bronze side panels, also decorated in bas-relief. The bas-reliefs are dedicated to the memory of British soldiers who fell in Italy during the First World War and are the work of Napoleone Martinuzzi.