Chiesa di Santa Maria della Visitazione
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The Santa Maria della Visitazione is a Renaissance church, though no one is quite sure who the architect was; both Mauro Codussi and Tullio Lombardo are given credit for at least parts of the design. The Jesuate order also built a monastery with several cloisters beside and behind the church. The order was suppressed in 1668, and the Dominicans took over the complex and soon decided they needed a larger church. Instead of demolishing the smaller church, they built it next door and left the older church standing, which is very unusual for Venice. It is also the location of an Assassin's Tomb.
History
For a while, the old church was a library and then the entire religious complex was suppressed by the French in the early 19th century. Santa Maria della Visitazione eventually reopened as a church and today, it’s the oratory for the Istituto Don Orione, who have turned the monastery into a conference center and “modern” religious guest house with free Wi-Fi in the open air cloisters.