The other lion looks mad and perhaps with a reason. It's facing one of the most unrecognizable areas of Venice to any visitor from the past, the Canale Santa Chiara.
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than 200 years old, the Chiesa del SS. Nome di Gesù (Church of
the Saintest Jesus' Name) is one of the latest additions to the
collection of churches in Venice. A neo-classical building, the work of
Giannantonio Selva and Antonio Diedo, with a distinct coffered ceiling
that offers a home to one of our lions. The other lion looks mad and perhaps with a reason. It's facing one of the most unrecognizable areas of Venice to any visitor from the past, the Canale Santa Chiara. |