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Chiesa di San Giovanni di Malta
In Chiesa di San Giovanni di Malta, the story begins with the Hospitallers—who were also known as the Knights of Malta. The church was originally associated with John the Baptist and is believed to have been established after 1187, when Gerardo, Archbishop of Ravenna issued an edict on 9 November 1187 donating a plot of land in Venice for a church and hospital. The building you would have known later was not medieval in form. It was completely reconstructed between 1498 and 1505 during the tenure of Grand Prior Fra Sebastiano Michiel, and the earliest known depiction of the structure appears in Jacopo de’ Barbari’s 1500 View of Venice. …
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