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The Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, completed in 1538, is one of the greatest churches in the city. The Altar of the Relics contains one of the most remarkable relics of Venice: the Precious Blood of Christ. This relic, much venerated in the church of Santa Cristina of Constantinople, came into possession of Melchiorre Trevisan who gave it to the Frari in 1480. The three bas-reliefs made by Cabianca in Carrara marble, representing the Crucifixion, the Deposition and Burial of Jesus Christ. In the two lower panes are placed angels with symbols of the Passion.

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The Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, completed in 1538, is one of the greatest churches in the city. The Altar of the Relics contains one of the most remarkable relics of Venice: the Precious Blood of Christ. This relic, much venerated in the church of Santa Cristina of Constantinople, came into possession of Melchiorre Trevisan who gave it to the Frari in 1480. The three bas-reliefs made by Cabianca in Carrara marble, representing the Crucifixion, the Deposition and Burial of Jesus Christ. In the two lower panes are placed angels with symbols of the Passion.