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Chiesa e Convento di Santa Caterina

The former church of Santa Caterina on its namesake fondamenta in Cannaregio
The former church of Santa Caterina on its namesake fondamenta in Cannaregio Photo: CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Tucked away in the quiet northern calli (Venetian streets) of Cannaregio, this former church tells almost a thousand years of Venice’s story. The Frati del Sacco began it: they were poor penitents dressed in coarse sackcloth, and the order was dissolved in 1274 before the church was finished.

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