Ex Ospedale degli Incurabili
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A cavernous, labyrinthine construction that takes up a lengthy stretch of the Zattere, this erstwhile hospital is undergoing vast renovations to adapt it for the Accademia Art Institute, scheduled to transfer here and leave the historic galleries room for expansion (see Accademia Galleries). The building dates from the 1500s, founded to shelter women with incurable venereal diseases, and later took in orphans and a trade school. Legend has it that St Francis Xavier, ordained in Venice, was sent to serve here with his companions on orders from Ignatius Loyola. More recently, it has served as a juvenile court.
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423 Zettere, Dorsoduro 30135
Closed to public
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