Church of Santa Maria Assunta
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The church dates from the 12th century and is built in Veneto-Byzantine style. It underwent modifications in 1339 and 1557. It can be found in Piazza Maggiore in the picturesque district of Malamocco on Lido.
The interior of the church is based on one nave and with a hull like ceiling. The most important paintings are, on the left of the main altar, “Il Miracolo in mare” (Miracle in the Sea) by Gerolamo Forabosco, who was active in the 1600s.
On the first altar on the left is the famous Crucifixion, a sculpture in plaster from the 15th century.
The church is the original devoted to Our Lady of the Marina.
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| | | Legend has it that a man from Malamocco, found a tree trunk along the water’s edge, probably part of a boat. The man took the wood home to burn but three times it disappeared from his house only to reappear on the sea shore.
It took on the figure of a woman, the Virgin Mary, and from that moment the people remember and celebrate the traditional local feast day of the Madonna della Marina. | | |
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| Chiesa S.Maria Assunta
Via Merceria, 2
30126 - Malamocco(Ve)
Tel. (+39) 041.770715
Free Entrance | | |
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