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The simple layout of convents makes reuse and renovation fairly easy. Convents generally have fairly large and open rooms on the first floor with much smaller and larger quantity of rooms on the upper levels. This arrangement is ideal for modern uses of buildings such as hospitals, museums, and prisons. The structural conversion of these rooms is fairly simple, however it is more difficult to update utilities such as electricity and plumbing while still maintaining the historic and cultural integrity of the building. | The simple layout of convents makes reuse and renovation fairly easy. Convents generally have fairly large and open rooms on the first floor with much smaller and larger quantity of rooms on the upper levels. This arrangement is ideal for modern uses of buildings such as hospitals, museums, and prisons. The structural conversion of these rooms is fairly simple, however it is more difficult to update utilities such as electricity and plumbing while still maintaining the historic and cultural integrity of the building. | ||
Even the largest convents in the city have been renovated for other purposes. The [[Convent of Saint Giovanni e Paolo]], which once housed the Dominican order, is now used as the main hospital in Venice, located in Cannaregio. The convent can be seen in the picture above. Furthermore, the [[Convent of the Frari]] (pictured to the right) is now used the state archive, replacing the former Franciscan order. | Even the largest convents in the city have been renovated for other purposes. The [[Convent of Saint Giovanni e Paolo]], which once housed the Dominican order, is now used as the main hospital in Venice, located in Cannaregio. The convent can be seen in the picture above. Furthermore, the [[Convent of the Frari]] (pictured to the right) is now used the state archive, replacing the former Franciscan order. | ||
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==References== | |||
Hoey, Kahan, Marchetti, Mazza, ''Convents, Churches and Palaces: Transformation of Historic Buildings and the Impact of Venices Neighborhoods'' | |||
Howard, D., and S. Quill. 2002. The Architectural History of Venice: Yale University Press. | |||
Revision as of 10:09, 15 November 2013
 Convents of Venice | |
| Total Number of Convents | 59 |
|---|---|
| Total Number in Cannaregio | 9 |
| Total Number in Castello | 19 |
| Total Number in Dorsoduro | 13 |
| Total Number in Guidecca | 6 |
| Total Number in San Marco | 6 |
| Total Number in San Polo | 1 |
| Total Number in Santa Croce | 3 |
| Active Convents | 8 |
This page is an overview of all the convents in Venice. For a typical convent, see Convent or the Wikipedia page | Convent.
Convents, or conventi in Italian, often accompanied the churches located on the islands of the lagoon. There are 59 known convents on located in Venice, which can be seen in the map to the right. Only eight of these convents still actively house monastic orders. Today, 51 of these convents have been secularized and reused, leaving only 8 convents as practicing monastic orders.
History
As the city of Venice developed and developed, the size of the convents also increased. As staples in the community, providing care for the sick and a gathering place for citizens, affluent families were apt to send their children to live in monastic orders. However, civilians began to abuse the religious system, primarily sending daughters to join nunneries to avoid paying a dowry to a prospective husband and his family. Although this provided an influx of nuns, this population did not consist of individuals who would regularly be admitted to the nunneries, which reflected poorly on the churches and monastic orders. In response to this misuse of convents, in 1810, Napoleon demolished 6 convents in Venice and reused others as army barracks and prisons. Although drastic, the invasion of convents helped return respect and power to the convents, replacing irresponsible unfit nuns, with devout ones.
Adaptive Reuse
Due to the population shift and decline in religious importance within Venice many convents have been renovated and reused for other purposes to accommodate the needs of the city. As the city adapts to host more tourists, most of the convents in Venice have been renovated to be used as buildings such as hotels, museums and government buildings, and schools among many other uses. Only 14% of convents in Venice are actually still used convents, which can be seen in the chart to the right. This chart displays the adaptive reuse of the 59 known convents in Venice.
The simple layout of convents makes reuse and renovation fairly easy. Convents generally have fairly large and open rooms on the first floor with much smaller and larger quantity of rooms on the upper levels. This arrangement is ideal for modern uses of buildings such as hospitals, museums, and prisons. The structural conversion of these rooms is fairly simple, however it is more difficult to update utilities such as electricity and plumbing while still maintaining the historic and cultural integrity of the building.
Even the largest convents in the city have been renovated for other purposes. The Convent of Saint Giovanni e Paolo, which once housed the Dominican order, is now used as the main hospital in Venice, located in Cannaregio. The convent can be seen in the picture above. Furthermore, the Convent of the Frari (pictured to the right) is now used the state archive, replacing the former Franciscan order.
Map
This map shows the location of all the convents of Venice.
<display_map height=600 zoom=14 centre=45.440155,12.345403> 45.4473,12.32965|Convent of Saint Alvise 45.43242,12.35817|Convent of Saint Anna 45.43462,12.34094|Convent of Saint Apollonia 45.44277,12.33904|Convent of Gesuiti 45.43361,12.34844|Convent of the Ca' di Dio 45.43109,12.32811|Convent of Saint Mary of the Carita 45.43319,12.32181|Convent of Saint Mary of the Carmine 45.4376,12.34987|Convent of the Heavenly 45.44055,12.31681|Convent of Saint Chiara 45.42587,12.3213|Convent of the Converted 45.42538,12.32341|Convent of Saint Cosmo 45.42749,12.36559|Convent of Saint Elena 45.43681,12.33816|Convent of the Fava 45.43734,12.32593|Convent of the Frari 45.43278,12.33286|Convent of Saint Mary of the Giglio 45.44484,12.32032|Convent of Saint Giobbe 45.44027,12.32407|Convent of Saint Giovanni e Paolo 45.44042,12.34233|Convent of Saint Girolamo 45.44582,12.32515|Convent of Saint Giustina 45.43093,112.33397|Convent of Saint Gregory 45.43045,12.35774|Convent of Saint Isepio 45.42454,12.33513|Convent of the Cross 45.43425,12.34601|Convent of Mercy 45.43784,12.34377|Convent of Saint John Lateran 45.44706,12.3949|Convent of Saint Mary of Penitents 45.43684,12.3455|Convent of Saint Lorenzo 45.43543,12.31747|Convent of Saint Mary Maggiore 45.43666,12.34607|Convent of Saint John in Malta 45.42642,12.36267|Convent of the Sisters Mantellate 45.43346,12.33175|Convent of Saint Maurizio 45.44167,12.34275|Convent of the Mendicant 45.42989,12.3339|Convent of the Catechumens 45.43927,12.33938|Convent of Saint Marie of the Miracles 45.43582,12.34884|Convent of the Muneghette 45.43181,12.3233|Convent of All Saints 45.44641,12.33281|Convent of Our Lady of the Garden 45.43292,12.35437|Convent of Saint da Paula 45.43943,12.34537|Convent of the Wailing 45.43426,12.35961|Convent of Saint Pietro 45.42444,12.33267|Convent of the Redentore 45.44367,12.33691|Convent of Saint Caterina 45.43198,12.32418|Convent of the Eremitane 45.43201,12.32425|Convent of the Gesuati 45.43063,12.33538|Seminary di Salute 45.43641,12.33637|Convent of Saint Salvado 45.44187,12.32181|Convent of Saint Maria of the Nazareth of Scalzi 45.43183,12.32025|Convent of Saint Sebastion 45.42898,12.34238|Convent of Saint Giorgio Maggiore 45.4289,12.33046|Convent of the Holy Spirit 45.43381,12.33159|Convent of Saint Stephen 45.43515,12.3403|Convent of Saint Teodoro 45.43336,12.31604|Convent of Saint Teresa 45.43786,12.3228|Convent of Saint Nicholas Tolentino 45.42538,12.33064|Convent of Saint Trinity 45.43861,12.34815|Convent of Saint Francesco de la Vigna 45.42954,12.32687|Convent of Saint Maria della Visitazione 45.42765,12.34088|Convent of 45.43436,12.34369|Convent of Saint Zaccaria 45.42679,12.33922|Convent of Saint Mary of the Presentation </display_map>
See Also
References
Hoey, Kahan, Marchetti, Mazza, Convents, Churches and Palaces: Transformation of Historic Buildings and the Impact of Venices Neighborhoods Howard, D., and S. Quill. 2002. The Architectural History of Venice: Yale University Press.