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Top 10 Top 10 Shrines and Tabernacles
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1. Sottoportego de la Madonna
Pope Alexander III took refuge here in 1177, in flight from Emperor Barbarossa.
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2. Gondolier’s Shrine
A 1583 Madonna greets boats approaching the bridge.
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3. Corte Nova
Painted images over a lace-trimmed mantlepiece.
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4. Covered Passageway
The Virgin’s protection has been implored here against plague and enemy attacks.
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5. Scuola Grande della Misericordia
Carvings of laden boats invoke protection for the ferries, which set out from here.
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6. Corte de Ca’ Sarasina
Shrine dating back to the 1600s in memory of the dead.
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7. St Anthony
This 1668 “wardrobe” is full of fresh flower offerings.
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8. Ponte del Fontego
A Neo-Classical bridge featuring gondola bas-reliefs .
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9. Gondola Traghetto Point
Madonna statue perched on a pole in the Grand Canal.
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10. Boatmen’s Pole
Tabernacle midway on the San Giuliano-Venice channel.
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