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Church of San Giovanni Elemosinario

The church of San Giovanni Elemosinario camouflaged among the palazzi of the Ruga San Giovanni
The church of San Giovanni Elemosinario camouflaged among the palazzi of the Ruga San Giovanni Photo: CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

In the dense web of calli at Rialto, along the Ruga Vecchia - formerly Ruga dei Oresi, of the goldsmiths - hides one of the oldest and most precious churches of Venice: San Giovanni Elemosinario, called ’San Zuane de Rialto’.

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