Detourism Magazine #16 Nov Dic 2015

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> LE PIETRE DI VENEZIA /THE STONES OF VENICE

piccolo convento, in cui la stessa Lucia e poche altre compagne si ritirarono. Qualche tempo dopo la chiesa fu ampliata, il monastero pure fu ingrandito e ospitò da allora monache domenicane. Quando piÚ tardi il complesso cadde in rovina l'intervento di papa Martino V che concedeva indulgenze In alto /at the top a chi avesse contribuito al dettaglio su Chiesa del Chorpus Domini restauro, portò alla ricostruJacopo de' Barbari (1500) zione della chiesa, consacrata nel 1444 da San Lorenzo Giustiniani. Dal 1534 il monastero dipese diretta-

merchant. A small convent was also built next to the church to house abbess Lucia and a few other nuns. Later on, the church and the convent were extended, housing Dominican nuns. After the convent fell into disrepair, thanks to the indulgences granted by Pope Martin V to anyone who contributed to reconstruction, the church was renovated and consecrated in 1444 by St. Lawrence Giustiniani. In 1534 the monastery came entire-


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