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Oratorio dei Crociferi

The entrance of the Oratorio dei Crociferi on the Campo dei Gesuiti
The entrance of the Oratorio dei Crociferi on the Campo dei Gesuiti Photo: Didier Descouens, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

In Campo dei Gesuiti (a campo is a Venetian square), almost opposite the triumphal Baroque façade of the church, stands its exact opposite: a medieval building of simple gabled structure, which was the hospital of the Crociferi — the religious order that from the 12th century gave shelter and care to those leaving for the Holy Land — and then a hospice for poor women, a function it still keeps today.

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