Isola di San Michele

Template:Short description Template:Infobox islands The Island of San Michele (Template:Langx, Template:IPA; Template:Langx) is an island in the Venetian Lagoon, Veneto, northern Italy. The island contains San Michele in Isola, a Roman Catholic church, as well as the San Michele Cemetery, Venice’s principal cemetery. It is associated with the sestiere of Cannaregio, from which it lies a short distance northeast.

History

Along with neighbouring San Cristoforo della Pace, the island was a popular place for local travellers and fishermen to land. Mauro Codussi's Chiesa di San Michele in Isola of 1469, the first Renaissance church in Venice, and a monastery lie on the island, which also served for a time as a prison.

San Michele cemetery

The island has served as the principal cemetery of Venice since 1807.

• San Michele Cemetery, Venice

Gallery

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  Church S.Michele in Isola
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  Walls of San Michele
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  Chapel of San Rocco
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  San Cristoforo
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  Graves

See also

• List of islands of Italy

External links

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