Santa Maria dei Carmini
In Santa Maria dei Carmini, once a major Roman Catholic church associated with the Carmelite devotion in Venice, the story begins with a different name: it was originally called Santa Maria Assunta and dates to the 14th century (around 1348). The church’s distinctive brick-and-marble facade carried sculpted lunettes by Giovanni Buora, and its roofline decoration included images of Elijah and Elisha, traditionally linked to the founders of the Carmelite order. What makes this site matter goes beyond architecture. The neighboring charitable confraternity—the Scuola dei Carmini—was officially founded in 1597, emerging from a lay women’s association, the Pinzocchere dei Carmini, which stitched scapulars for the Carmelites as tertiaries. …
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