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The vanished church of San Geminiano

Canaletto, St Mark’s Square towards the church of San Geminiano (1723-24), Royal Collection
Canaletto, St Mark’s Square towards the church of San Geminiano (1723-24), Royal Collection Photo: Pubblico dominio, via Wikimedia Commons

Turn your back on the Basilica and look at the short side of the Square: the Napoleonic Wing today closes the space where for two and a half centuries stood San Geminiano, the church Jacopo Sansovino completed in 1557 and loved so much that he chose it as his tomb.

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