Despite being almost unchanged through time, there is much in Venice which has long since disappeared. The Campiello dell’Anconeta is a perfect example of this. In the middle-ages, in the nearby church of San Marcuola, a painting of the Virgin Mary considered miraculous was put on display and, of course, hundreds of religious devotees began to flock there every day to pay tribute to it. A group of young men, however, stole the small icon, from which the word Anconeta, and brought it here to this Campiello, where they built a shrine for it; soon enough, the pilgrims who wanted to see the icon of the Madonna came here, and the place grew in popularity so fast that it was rebuilt into a church. Unfortunately the church was destroyed in the 19th century, and Campiello dell’Anconeta remains a tribute to a Venice gone by.