Chiesa di Santa Fosca
Santa Fosca is dedicated to the child saint Fusca of Ravenna, and the name ties this church to a devotion that stretches back far beyond today’s façade. Documents attest to a church of this name dating to the 10th century, even though the present building takes shape from reconstructions beginning in the 18th century. You can read that later momentum in the front work: the façade, built between 1733 and 1741, was designed by Domenico Rossi with the patronage of the patrician Donà family, once associated with the nearby Palazzo Giovanelli. Inside, the decoration brings together multiple hands: Filippo Bianchi paints the Trinity and the Virgin, while Francesco Migliori provides the Life of Santa Fosca altarpieces. …
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