Chiesa di San Sebastiano

According to tradition, the church of San Raffaele Arcangelo is one of the eight churches that Saint Magnus, Bishop of Oderzo, had built at the foundation of Venice, dating back to the 7th century. At the beginning of the 17th century, the precarious state of the building required a complete new reconstruction, which was completed in 1639 by the architect Francesco Contin, from Lugano. The interior decoration work, in particular the paintings and statues, continued in the 18th century and was completed between 1743 and 1749.

The church of Santa Maria dei Carmini, commonly called "i Carmini", was first built in 1125 with the title of Santa Maria Assunta. Given to the Carmelites, it was completely rebuilt from 1286 with the adjoining monastery. It was consecrated in 1348 and rededicated to St. Mary of Carmel. The brick façade with curved gables was rebuilt in the first decades of the 16th century by Sebastiano Mariani and has five sculptures, probably by Giovanni Buora d'Osteno. The presbytery and the other two apsidal chapels were also rebuilt by Mariani between 1507 and 1514, harmonising the Gothic with the new Renaissance style. The bell tower, which was in danger of collapse, was rebuilt by Giuseppe Sardi in 1688.

The church of San Nicolò dei Mendicoli or dei Mendicanti was built as early as the 7th century. This was the headquarters of the so-called Nicolotti, one of the factions of the Venetian people who were bitter rivals of the similar faction of the Castellani, who lived at the other end of the city in the neighbourhood of San Pietro di Castello. At least once a year, the two factions would clash violently on the Ponte dei Pugni (Fist Bridge) in the nearby parish of San Barnaba, in a traditional fistfight. The church was severely damaged in the flood of 4 November 1966. In the 1970s it was completely restored.