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The Scuola dei Varoteri is a building located facing the 
Venice on Foot
by Hugh A. Douglas, page 67. On the second floor is a marble relief of the ''Madonna della Misericordia'' (1501), which was once attached to the guild's church.
Campo Santa Margherita
La Scuola dei Varoteri
Campo Santa Margherita is a city square in the sestiere of Dorsoduro of Venice, Italy.
It is located near university buildings and serves as a gathering place for students at the end of the day. Historically, the square h ...
in the sestiere of Dorsoduro
Dorsoduro is one of the six sestieri of Venice, in northern Italy.
Dorsoduro includes the highest land areas of the city and also Giudecca island and Isola Sacca Fisola. Its name derives from the Italian for "hard ridge", due to its comparati ...
, Venice
Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...
, Italy.
History
The two story brick building is unusual for standing detached in the large square. It served as the home of the confraternity of the tanners and furriers, founded in 1311, and who had moved fromCannaregio
Cannaregio () is the northernmost of the six historic ''sestieri'' (districts) of Venice. It is the second largest ''sestiere'' by land area and the largest by population, with 13,169 people .
Isola di San Michele, the historic cemetery island, ...
to this location in 1725. It was thus the home of one of the nearly 400 ''scuola minori'' or ''piccole'' that once existed in the city. In the 19th and 20th century it served as a store for firewood, movie theater, and fascist education hall.by Hugh A. Douglas, page 67. On the second floor is a marble relief of the ''Madonna della Misericordia'' (1501), which was once attached to the guild's church.
References
{{reflist Buildings and structures in Venice