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Little Church of Santa Croce degli Armeni

The little bell tower with the small dome rises over the rio dei Ferali: the only external sign of the invisible church
The little bell tower with the small dome rises over the rio dei Ferali: the only external sign of the invisible church Photo: Didier Descouens, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)

There is a church in Venice that cannot be seen: hidden inside the Sotoportego degli Armeni (a covered passageway), a stone’s throw from the Merceria and St Mark’s Square, the little church of Santa Croce is the only medieval Armenian church in Italy still open for worship of the Eastern rite.

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