Chiesa del Nome di Gesù
You’re looking at the Chiesa del Nome di Gesù, built in neoclassical style and tied directly to Venice’s shifting political control in the early 19th century. Construction began in 1815 and the church was erected between 1815 and 1834, during Austrian domination, following a project by Giannantonio Selva and later completed by his pupil Antonio Diedo. The site’s story starts even earlier: in 1806, don Giuliano Catullo obtained the area, but building only began in 1815 thanks to subsidies from Count Costanzo Taverna and other wealthy private supporters. Behind the church, a house functioned as a convent for the Clarisse Sacramentarie, and by 1846 an ospizio became a monastery under canon law. …
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