' Mascherone' (Portrait / sculpture / mask of a monster; ugly man) supposed to ward off evil spirits on the door of the campanile of the San Maria Formosa church in the sestiere (district) of Castello. (Sculpture d'un monstre cens?閘oign?les mauvais esprits; Maskenrelief am Campanile)The church was erected in 1492 under the design by Renaissance architect Mauro Codussi. It lies on the site of a former church dating from the 7th century. The name 'formosa' relates to an alleged appearance of the Holy Virgin disguised as a voluptuous woman.Venice (Venise; Venedig ). Italy. 2020.