Alternative Names
Santa Maria della Pietà
Santa Maria della Visitazione
La Pietà
Date
1745-1760; facade completed 1906
Work Type
Notes
La Pieta, located on the Riva degli Schiavoni, was founded as a church for an orphanage for girls in 1346 and had Vivaldi as violin-master from 1704-1718 and as concert master from 1735-1738. The complex had been enlarged in 1388, and modernised in 1493 and 1515. The current building dates to a rebuilding of the chapel of the Pieta between 1745-60 on a new site. Giorgio Massari had won a competition in 1735 to provide plans for the reconstruction of the whole complex, but only the church was built. The facade was finally finished in 1906.
References
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