Santa Maria dei Derelitti, commonly known as the church of the Ospedaletto, is a

Renaissance The Renaissance ( , ) is a Periodization, period of history and a European cultural movement covering the 15th and 16th centuries. It marked the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and was characterized by an effort to revive and sur ...

-style, consecrated church in the Calle della Barbaria delle Tole of the sestiere of Castello,

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, Italy.

History

The church was begun in 1575 adjacent to a 1528 hospital that cared for the poor and disabled orphans. The design and layout was influenced by

Andrea Palladio Andrea Palladio ( , ; ; 30 November 1508 – 19 August 1580) was an Italian Renaissance architect active in the Venetian Republic. Palladio, influenced by Roman and Greek architecture, primarily Vitruvius, is widely considered to be on ...

, but the profusely-decorated

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facade was completed by Baldassarre Longhena and containing sculptures by Giusto Le Court. The nave still contains frescoes by Jacopo Guarana and Agostino Mengozzi Colonna (son of Gerolamo), and works by Palma the Younger,

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Giovanni Battista Tiepolo ( , ; 5 March 1696 – 27 March 1770), also known as Giambattista (or Gianbattista) Tiepolo, was an Italian painter and printmaker from the Republic of Venice who painted in the Rococo style, considered an import ...

, Carlos Loth, and Pietro Liberi. The church until the 19th-century had a choir formed of orphan children, that were housed next door. In 2016, the church is now used for concerts. Scalabovolo organization
, official site.

References

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