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Le Zitelle

Le Zitelle (officially Santa Maria della Presentazione), or “The Spinsters” is a church in Venice, Italy. It is part of a former complex which gave shelter to young maidens ("zitelle" in Italian) who had no dowry, and is on the eastern part of the Giudecca island. To the east of Le Zitelle, lies Il Redentore, which was constructed around the same time. Generally attributed to Andrea Palladio, the original design dat…