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Chiesa dei Carmini
The church of Santa Maria dei Carmini, also called Santa Maria del Carmelo or commonly "i Carmini" is a church in Venice, located in the Dorsoduro district and overlooking Campo dei Carmini. The building stands next to the Scuola Grande di Santa Maria del Carmelo, also known as the Scuola dei Carmini. This charitable confraternity was officially founded in 1597 and arose from a charitable association of lay women, the Pinzòcchere dei Carmini. The members of this lay group were associated as tertiaries with the nearby Carmelite monastery. A first church was founded in 1125 with the title Santa Maria Assunta. Given to the Carmelites, it was completely rebuilt starting from 1286 with the adjoining convent. Once again dedicated to Santa Maria del Carmelo, it was consecrated in 1348. The brick façade with curved pediments was rebuilt in the first decades of the 16th century by Sebastiano Mariani and features five sculptures probably by Giovanni Buora di Osteno. The presbytery and the other two apse chapels were also rebuilt by Mariani between 1507 and 1514, harmonizing the Gothic with the new Renaissance style. The bell tower, which threatened ruin, was rearranged by Giuseppe Sardi in 1688, the cell and the spire were struck and destroyed by lightning in 1756 and immediately rebuilt. In 1979, lightning again destroyed the statue of the Madonna del Carmine, which was replaced in 1982 by the work of Romano Vio.
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