Audio and Written Experience
The experience begins from the bridge in front of the church. here you’ll be invited to scan the facade of the church.
Originally, in the mid-14th century, the hermit monks of the Order of Saint Jerome resolved to establish a monastery and a hospice for the poor; subsequently, in the latter half of the 15th century, a church was erected and dedicated to Saint Mary of the Assumption and Saint Sebastian, in thanksgiving for deliverance from the plague epidemic of 1454.
Initially, the church was isolated from the rest of the city because it was flanked on either side by two canals, the Rio di San Basilio and the Rio di Santa Margherita, and its façade was oriented at a right angle to the canal.
Then, in 1506, the architect Antonio Abbondi (known as “Lo Scarpagnino”) started to renovate the church: the façade was reoriented towards the canal, and a bridge, San Sebastiano’s bridge – where you are standing now -, was constructed, finally linking the church to the rest of the city.
You may view the 3D model below of a statue found at the entrance inside the church.