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San Giorgio Maggiore

Island of Venice

Field	Value
name	San Giorgio Maggiore
image_name	San Giorgio Maggiore from the top of St Mark's Campanile.jpg
image_caption	View of San Giorgio Maggiore from the top of St Mark's Campanile
map	Venetian Lagoon
coordinates
waterbody	Venetian Lagoon
coastline_km
country	Italy
country_admin_divisions_title_1	Region
country_admin_divisions_1	Veneto
country_admin_divisions_title_2	Province
country_admin_divisions_2	Province of Venice

San Giorgio Maggiore () 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 Grazia, Canale della Giudecca, Saint Mark Basin, Canale di San Marco and the southern lagoon. It forms part of the San Marco sestiere. File:Districts venice - san giorgio maggiore.png|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 Memmo family who owned it. By 829 it had a church consecrated to St George; thus it was designated as San Giorgio Maggiore to be distinguished from San Giorgio in Alga.

The San Giorgio Monastery was established in 982, when the Benedictine monk Giovanni Morosini asked the doge Tribuno Memmo to donate the whole island for a monastery. 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 Church of San Giorgio Maggiore, designed by Palladio and begun in 1566. The belltower has a ring of 9 bells in C#.

In the early 19th century, after the Republic fell, the monastery was almost suppressed and the island became a free port with a new harbour built in 1812. It became the home of Venice's artillery.

Today

San Giorgio Maggiore is now the headquarters of the Cini Foundation arts centre, known for its library, and is also home to 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.

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.

References

Guida d’Italia del Touring Club Italiano, Venice,

References

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
[[John Freely]] (2008): ''Strolling through Venice.'' Tauris Parke Paperbacks, {{ISBN. 978 1 84511 578 4, p. 121
"Compagnia della Vela — Darsene".
"San Giorgio Maggiore".

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