Convent of Santa Maria Maddalena
Convent of Santa Maria Maddalena is a church in Venice, Metropolitan Venice, Veneto. Convent of Santa Maria Maddalena is situated nearby to the prison Casa Reclusione Femminile Venezia “Giudecca”, as well as near the bridge Ponte Lagoscuro o San Cosmo.Photo: Moroder, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Church
- Description: building in Venice, Italy
- Also known as: “Chiesa delle Convertite”, “Female correctional facility”, and “Monastery and Church of Santa Maria Maddalena”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gallerie dell’Accademia and Sant’Eufemia.
Gallerie dell’Accademia
Museum
Photo: Archaeodontosaurus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Gallerie dell'Accademia is a museum gallery of pre-19th-century art in Venice, northern Italy. A few weeks every six years, it houses the Leonardo da Vinci drawing The Vitruvian Man. Gallerie dell’Accademia is situated 770 metres northeast of Convent of Santa Maria Maddalena.
Sant’Eufemia
Church
Photo: Archaeodontosaurus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sant'Eufemia is a Roman Catholic church located in the island of Giudecca in Venice, Veneto, Italy and dedicated to saint Euphemia. It was initially built in the 9th century in the Venetian-Byzantine style. Sant’Eufemia is situated 170 metres northeast of Convent of Santa Maria Maddalena.
Sacca Fisola
Islet
Photo: Il Sindaco del Giappone, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sacca Fisola is an artificial island in the Venetian Lagoon. It is a largely modern residential area.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dorsoduro and San Marco.
Dorsoduro
Photo: Janericloebe, Public domain.
Dorsoduro is one of the six historic sestieri of Venice, Italy, located in the southern part of the city and known for its relatively firm terrain that earned it the name meaning "hard back" or "hard ridge" in Italian, distinguishing it from the more marshy areas of the lagoon.
San Marco
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
San Marco is the central district of Venice. It is home to many of Venice's major points of interest, and consequently can be extremely crowded with tourists, especially during the day when cruise ships unload their passengers.
Santa Croce
Photo: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0.
Santa Croce is one of the six sestieri of Venice, occupying the northwest part of the main islands. The district includes the Piazzale Roma, home to Venice's bus station and car parks, and around which is the only area of the city in which cars can travel.
Convent of Santa Maria Maddalena
- Categories: secularized church, monastery, hospital, prison, former hospital, printery, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Venice, Metropolitan Venice, Veneto, Northeast Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
45.4261° or 45° 25′ 34″ northLongitude
12.32171° or 12° 19′ 18″ eastOpen location code
8FQJC8GC+CMOpenStreetMap ID
node 5580201924OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipWikidata ID
Q57981283
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Venetian—“Convent of Santa Maria Maddalena” goes by many names.
- Czech: “klášter sv. Máří Magdalény”
- French: “église des Convertite”
- French: “Église Santa Maria Maddalena de Giudecca”
- French: “Prison de femmes”
- French: “Santa Maria Maddalena”
- German: “Convento delle Convertite”
- German: “Santa Maria Maddalena delle Convertite”
- Italian: “chiesa e Monastero di Santa Maria Maddalena delle Convertite”
- Italian: “Convento delle Convertite”
- Venetian: “le Convertite”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Casa Reclusione Femminile Venezia “Giudecca” and Ponte Lagoscuro o San Cosmo.
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