Santa Maria del Giglio o Zobenigo
Santa Maria del Giglio o Zobenigo is a Venetian Catholic church whose dedication links it to the lily of the Annunciation—“St. Mary of the Lily,” a flower classically shown as presented by the Angel Gabriel. Though the name is shared with the earlier Jubanico family, the church’s story turns decisively in the late seventeenth century: it was rebuilt for Admiral Antonio Barbaro by Giuseppe Sardi between 1678 and 1681, and the founding of the earlier church is associated with the 9th century. What you meet on the façade is unusual for a place of worship: the exterior has no Christian statues or reliefs, but instead displays marble relief maps of regions tied to Barbaro’s service—Candia, Zadar, Padua, Rome, Corfu, and Split. …
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