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THE MADONNA DELL'ORTO AREA

The first three photographs below, from the garden of Palazzo Contarini dal Zaffo, are reproduced by kind permission of Le Campiello de Venise, www.campiello-venise.com .
 

Palazzo Contarini dal Zaffo, part of the garden

 

Palazzo Contarini dal Zaffo, part of the garden

 

View from the garden balustrade of the Palazzo Contarini dal Zaffo towards Murano and the cemetery island of San Michele



Il Casin degli Spiriti and the garden of Palazzo Contarini dal Zaffo as seen from the lagoon
Photograph kindly provided by Stefano Soffiato, of  www.venessia.com , May 2004





The church of La Madonna dell'Orto
Postcard from c. 1900, undivided address side
 




View from the Fondamenta nuove across the Sacca della Misericordia with the church of the Madonna dell’Orto to the left and il Casin degli Spiriti to the right
Postcard from c. 1910