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The Island of San Michele (Italian: isola di San Michele, [ˈiːzola di sam miˈkɛːle]; Venetian: ìxoła de San Michièl) is an island in the Venetian Lagoon, Veneto, northern Italy. It is associated with the sestiere of Cannaregio, from which it lies a short distance northeast.
 Aerial view of Isola di San Michele | |
  Isola di San Michele | |
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| Coordinates | 45.447°N 12.347°E |
| Adjacent to | Venetian Lagoon |
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Italy | |
| Region | Veneto |
| Province | Province of Venice |
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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 Cristoforo was selected to become a cemetery in 1807, designed by Gian Antonio Selva, when under French occupation it was decreed that burial on the mainland (or on the main Venetian islands) was unsanitary. The canal that separated the two islands was filled in during 1836, and subsequently the larger island became known as San Michele. Bodies were carried to the island on special funeral gondolas. The cemetery is still in use today.
The cemetery contains 7 war graves from World War I of officers and seamen of the British merchant and Royal Navy.[1]
Princess Aspasia Manos, the wife of King Alexander of Greece, was initially interred at the cemetery of Isola di San Michele. Her remains were later transferred to the royal cemetery plot in the park of Tatoi Palace near Athens.
Other attractions include the Cappella Emiliana chapel.
Burials
Those buried on the Island of San Michele include:
- Catherine Bagration (1783-1857), princess and beauty
- Franco Basaglia (1924-1980), psychiatrist
- Joseph Brodsky (1940-1996), poet and essayist
- Horatio Brown (1854-1926), historian
- Roberto Calasso (1941-2021), writer and publisher
- Ashley Clarke (1903-1994), diplomat
- Antonio Dal Zòtto (1841-1918), sculptor
- Salvador de Iturbide y Marzán (1849-1895), grandson of first emperor of independent Mexico
- Sergei Diaghilev (1872-1929), ballet impresario
- Christian Doppler (1803-1853), mathematician and physicist
- Helenio Herrera (1910-1997), footballer
- Zoran Mušič (1909-2005), painter and printmaker
- Luigi Nono (1924-1990), composer
- Ezra Pound (1885-1972), poet and critic
- Frederick Rolfe (1860-1913), writer
- Olga Rudge (1895-1996), violinist
- Jean Schlumberger (1907-1987), jewelry designer
- Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971), composer
- Emilio Vedova (1919-2006), painter
Gallery
Church S.Michele in Isola
Walls of San Michele
Chapel of San Rocco
San Cristoforo
Graves
See also
References
На других языках
[de] San Michele (Insel)
San Michele ist eine Insel in der Lagune von Venedig zwischen Venedig und Murano, auf der sich der gleichnamige Friedhof von Venedig befindet. Die Insel hat einen annähernd rechteckigen Grundriss, mit einer Länge von 460 Metern, einer Breite von 390 Metern und einer Fläche von 17,6 Hektar. Die Volkszählung von 2001 weist 11 ständige Einwohner auf der Insel nach, alle männlich.[1] Die Insel hat mit Platzmangel zu kämpfen, darum werden Tote zuerst in normalen Gräbern begraben, nach einigen Jahren aber wieder exhumiert und in hohe Blöcke gestapelt. San Michele ist Teil der Pfarrei San Canciano im sestiere (Stadtsechstel) Cannaregio, obwohl sie zum sestiere Castello gehört.- [en] Isola di San Michele
[fr] San Michele (île)
San Michele est l'île-cimetière de la ville de Venise en Italie, située au nord de la cité, à mi-chemin de l'île de Murano.[it] San Michele (isola)
San Michele è un'isola della laguna veneta, posta tra Venezia e Murano. È nota in quanto è quasi del tutto occupata dal cimitero monumentale della città.[ru] Сан-Микеле
Сан-Мике́ле (итал. San Michele, вен. San Michièl) — остров Святого Михаила Архангела в Венеции.Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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