Venice

Venice.

Top left: Pietro Paleòcapa (1788–1869) – Italian politician and scientist.

Bottom: “The Church of Saint Roch (Italian: Chiesa di San Rocco) is a Roman Catholic church dedicated to Saint Roch. It was built between 1489 and 1508 by Bartolomeo Bon the Younger, but was substantially altered in 1725. The façade dates from 1765 to 1771, and was designed by Bernardino Maccarucci. The church is one of the plague-churches built in Venice.”

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