 Massari left untouched the existing church of the Visitation and built the new church further along the Zattere.He was responsible not only for the building itself but also for its interior fittings and decoration and for commissioning the paintings and sculpture.He did not attempt too original a building, thinking that he could best please his patrons by a design based on those of his famous predecessors, in particular Palladio, whose two churches of San Giorgio Maggiore and Il Redentore were within sight of the new church.