Santa Maria del Pianto is a late-

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-style, Roman Catholic church in

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, Italy. This dilapidated octagonal church in a forgotten corner of Venice was designed by

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, and appears inspired by Longhena's Santa Maria della Salute on the

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. A church and monastery were begun in 1647, after a Senate decree from 1646 as an ex voto for outcomes in the war against the Ottomans. The Servite nunnery, called the Cappuccine delle Fondamenta Nuove, and observing a cloistered

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rule, was complete by 1658, and the church was consecrated in 1687 to ''St Mary of the Tearful'' and St Joseph. In 1810, the order was suppressed. The church abandoned was restored during 1842, and re-opened to worship.Archives of the State in Venice
Patrimony documentation: Bibliography: GG, IV, p. 1109; DM, II, p. 144.

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