Sant'Alvise
Sign in to save'''Sant'Alvise''' is a church in the sestiere of Cannaregio in Venice, northern Italy. The brick exterior and facade do not reflect the rich interior.
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- Instance of
- church building
- Named after
- Louis of Toulouse
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- Venice
- Material used
- brick
- Dedicated to
- Louis of Toulouse
- Image
- Venezia - Chiesa di S.Alvise.jpg
- Patron saint
- Louis of Toulouse
- Has parts of class
- campanile
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- architectural style
- Gothic architecture
- located in/on physical feature
- Cannaregio
- inception
- 1338-00-00
- Commons gallery
- Sant'Alvise
- Commons category
- Sant'Alvise (Venice)
- Commons Institution page
- Sant'Alvise, Venice
- diocese
- Patriarchate of Venice
- Christian liturgical rite
- Roman Rite
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'''Sant'Alvise''' is a church in the sestiere of Cannaregio in Venice, northern Italy. The brick exterior and facade do not reflect the rich interior.
==History== According to tradition, the church was built, along with the adjoining monastery, by Antonia Venier in 1338 and dedicated to St. Louis of Toulouse, known in Venice as Saint Alvise.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sant'Alvise” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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