Convent of Santa Maria Maddalena, Religious monastery in Giudecca, Italy.

The Convent of Santa Maria Maddalena occupies a long, multi-storey building with a pale plastered facade along the Giudecca waterfront, its rows of rectangular windows fitted with dark shutters. The church front presents a broad grey stucco wall topped by a triangular pediment with a thin metal cross; below it are two tall arched windows with metal grilles flanking a round window in a stone ring, and a stone plaque near the base.

The Convertite community formed before 1525 at the Ospedale degli Incurabili and settled near Sant'Eufemia on Giudecca between 1530 and 1534. The first convent nucleus was built in 1543, and the church was consecrated in 1576. In 1551 Pope Julius III authorized the Augustinian rule. Since 1857 the church has served as a women's prison.

The women taken in here, called convertite, were taught to read, sew and weave, and to recite psalms. From 1557 to 1561 the house ran a printing press; its books carry a frontispiece showing a Magdalene adored by four or seven nuns.

The complex sits on Giudecca island with water access from central Venice. Regular waterbus services connect the area throughout the day, making visits feasible at most times.

The site changed purposes multiple times, serving as a monastery, hospital, and prison across different periods. The different uses left visible traces in how the spaces were modified and adapted.