Abbazia della Misericordia
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The Church of the Abbey of Misericordia (Italian: Santa Maria dell'Abbazia della Misericordia or Santa Maria di Valverde) is a religious edifice in Venice
, Italy
, in the sestiere
Cannaregio
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It was founded in the 10th century. The façade was restored in 1659 by the patrician Gaspare Moro. It is decorated by allegoric statues, including a bust of Moro, all work by Clemente Moli. On the right is a 14th century bas-relief depicting the Madonna with Child.
The church was in dismaying condition in the 19th century, and was restored until 1864. It is adiacent to the Scuola vecchia della Misericordia
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Venice
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Italy
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, in the sestiere
Sestiere
A sestiere is a subdivision of certain Italian towns and cities. The word is from sesto, or sixth; and is thus used only for towns divided into six districts. The best-known example are the sestieri of Venice, but Ascoli Piceno, Genoa, Milan and Rapallo, for example, were also divided into sestieri...
Cannaregio
Cannaregio
Cannaregio is the northernmost of the six historic sestieri of Venice. It is the second largest sestiere by land area and the largest by population, with 13,169 people as of 2007....
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It was founded in the 10th century. The façade was restored in 1659 by the patrician Gaspare Moro. It is decorated by allegoric statues, including a bust of Moro, all work by Clemente Moli. On the right is a 14th century bas-relief depicting the Madonna with Child.
The church was in dismaying condition in the 19th century, and was restored until 1864. It is adiacent to the Scuola vecchia della Misericordia
Scuola vecchia della Misericordia
The Scuola vecchia della Misericordia is a former charity building in Venice, Italy, in the sestiere of Cannaregio. It was erected in 1310 and subsequently enlarged several times; in Venice a scuola was the seat of a charity/religious institution. In the nearby is the later Scuola nuova della...
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