San Giorgio Maggiore
 View of San Giorgio Maggiore from the top of St Mark's Campanile | |
  San Giorgio Maggiore | |
| Geography | |
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| Coordinates | 45°25′41″N 12°20′39″E / 45.427950°N 12.344184°E |
| Adjacent to | Venetian Lagoon |
| Administration | |
| Region | Veneto |
| Province | Province of Venice |
San Giorgio Maggiore (Venetian: San Zorzi Mazor) is one of the islands of Venice, northern Italy, lying east of the Giudecca and south of the main island group. The island, or more specifically its Palladian church, is an important landmark. It has been much painted, featuring for example in a series by Monet.
Location
The isle is surrounded by Canale della sestiere.
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San Giorgio Maggiore within Venice
History
San Giorgio Maggiore was probably occupied in the Roman period; after the foundation of Venice it was called Insula Memmia after the
St George; thus it was designated as San Giorgio Maggiore to be distinguished from San Giorgio in Alga
.
The
Benedictine monk Giovanni Morosini[1] asked the doge Tribuno Memmo to donate the whole island for a monastery.[2]
Morosini drained the island's marshes next to the church to get the ground for building, and founded the Monastery of San Giorgio Maggiore, and became its first abbot.
San Giorgio is now best known for the
Palladio
and begun in 1566.
The belltower has a ring of 9 bells in C#.
In the early 19th century, after the
harbour built in 1812. It became the home of Venice's artillery
.
Today
San Giorgio Maggiore is now the headquarters of the
Teatro Verde open-air theatre. In addition, it features two harbours managed by the Compagnia della Vela: Darsena Crose, facing north (see second image below) and Darsena Verde, facing south.[3]
In popular culture
The island and the church were featured in a pivotal showdown in the anime and manga
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Vento Aureo
.
See also
- San Giorgio Monastery
- Church of San Giorgio Maggiore
- Monet)
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to San Giorgio Maggiore.
- ^ Giovanni Morosini, a member of an important noble family of Venice, after serving for 25 years as leader and guide of the Monastery, dies on February 5, 1012, (see: Alvise Zorzi, La Repubblica del Leone. Storia di Venezia, Bompiani, 2001
- ISBN 978 1 84511 578 4, p. 121
- ^ "Compagnia della Vela — Darsene".
- Guida d’Italia del Touring Club Italiano, Venice, ISBN 978-88-365-4347-2
- S. Vianello, ed. (1993). Le chiese di Venezia. Electa. ISBN 88-435-4048-3.
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