Chiesa Santa Maria Formosa in Venice, Italy is dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Legend has it that the Virgin appeared to the Bishop St. Magnus and ordered him to have a church erected in her name. It is named in memory of the "prosperous-looking" (i.e. buxom) figures the Virgin Mary is said to have appeared with. The building of the church was begun in 1400 BC. It was rebuilt in 864 BC. A fire destroyed it in 1105 AD. Repairs were made in 1604 and 1542. The last repairs were made in 1916 after it was hit by an Austrian bomb during WWI.
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