Basilica di San Giovanni e Paolo
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Basilica di San Giovanni e Paolo

In 1246, Doge Jacopo Tiepolo donated some swampland to the Dominicans after dreaming of a flock of white doves flying over it. The first church was demolished in 1333, when the current church was begun. It was not completed until 1430.

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Santa Maria dei Miracoli (Marble Church)
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Santa Maria dei Miracoli (Marble Church)

Built between 1481 and 1489 by Pietro Lombardo to house a miraculous icon of the Virgin Mary. The plans for the church were expanded in 1484 to include the construction of a new convent for nuns of St. Clare to the east. The convent was connected to the gallery of the church by an enclosed walkway that was later destroyed.

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Santa Maria della Salute
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Santa Maria della Salute

A competition was held to design the building. Of the eleven submissions (including designs by Alessandro Varotari, Matteo Ignoli, and Berteo Belli), only two were chosen for the final round. The architect Baldassare Longhena was selected to design the new church. It was finally completed in 1681 the year before Longhena's death. 

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The Salute (Santa Maria della Salute)
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The Salute (Santa Maria della Salute)

The dome of the Basilica della Salute has characterized the scenario of the basin of San Marco in Venice for more than three hundred years, an authoritative testimony of the very high spirituality that marked the seventeenth century in Venice. 

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