Ognissanti Church on Venice Empire

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Ognissanti Church

Ognissanti (All Saints) is a Catholic church in the Dorsoduro area of Venice.

At the beginning of the 15th Century, the area occupied by the current church housed a convent of Cistercian nuns who had moved from Torcello to this more salubrious area. In 1472 a hospice was built with an adjoining church. This can be seen on the 1500 plan of Venice by Jacopo de' Barbari. It was replaced in 1505 by the current building which was not consecrated until 1586. The church and convent were suppressed by Napoleon in 1807 and left to ruin until Giovan Battista Giustinian (it) adapted the convent building as an old people's home towards the end of the century. Subsequently, the convent was used as a hospital until the mid 1990s and the church, which stood within the hospital walls, was partially restored for worship by patients. It now forms part of the Giustinian Hospital.

The high facade, is divided vertically into three. The church is flanked on the left side by the bell tower. Internally the church has a single nave with no aisle. There is a large gallery for the nuns at the back of the church.

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