Santa Maria della Carità

Santa Maria della Carità is a church in , , . Santa Maria della Carità is situated nearby to the square , as well as near the museum .
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  • Type: Church
  • Description: former church in Venice, Italy, part of galleria dell’Accademia
  • Also known as: “ex Chiesa di Santa Maria della Carità” and “Santa Maria della Carita”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Gallerie dell’Accademia and Ponte dell’Accademia.

Museum
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The Gallerie dell'Accademia is a museum gallery of pre-19th-century art in , northern Italy. It houses the Leonardo da Vinci drawing The Vitruvian Man, which can only be exposed for a few weeks every six years for conservation reasons.

Bridge
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The Ponte dell'Accademia is one of only four bridges to span the Grand Canal in , . It crosses near the southern end of the canal, and is named for the , which from 1807 to 2004 was housed in the Scuola della Carità together with the , which is still there.

Public building
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, also known as Palazzo Contarini Polignac, is a large palace in , located in the district, overlooking the , in an intermediate position between and .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dorsoduro and San Marco.

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is one of the six historic sestieri of , , 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.

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is the central district of . 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.

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is one of six sestieri that make up . Covering 86 acres along the Grand Canal, it is one of the oldest parts of the city, having been settled before the 9th century.

Santa Maria della Carità

Latitude
45.43131° or 45° 25′ 53″ north
Longitude
12.3285° or 12° 19′ 43″ east
Open location code
8FQJC8JH+G9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 138842956
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Wiki­data ID
Q2929873
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In Other Languages

From Czech to Russian—“Santa Maria della Carità” goes by many names.
  • Czech: “kostel Panny Marie Milosrdné”
  • Dutch: “Santa Maria della Carità”
  • French: “église Santa Maria della Carità”
  • French: “Église Santa Maria della Carità”
  • French: “Santa Maria della Carità”
  • German: “Santa Maria della Carità”
  • Hebrew: “סנטה מריה דלה צ’ריטה”
  • Italian: “chiesa di Santa Maria della Carità”
  • Italian: “Chiesa di Santa Maria della Carità”
  • Polish: “Kościół Santa Maria della Carità w Wenecji”
  • Polish: “Santa Maria della Carità”
  • Russian: “Церковь Санта-Мария-делла-Карита (Венеция)”
  • Russian: “Церковь Санта-Мария-делла-Карита”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Campo de la Carità and Accademia ‘B’.

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