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San Servolo is an Italian island in the Venetian Lagoon, to the southeast of San Giorgio Maggiore. Earlier housing a monastery of Benedictine monks, later an asylum for the insane, the island is now home to a museum, Venice International University, and the prestigious^{[citation needed]} International College of Ca' Foscari University.[1]

San Servolo

Aerial view of San Servolo
San Servolo
Geography
Coordinates	45.418666°N 12.357338°E / 45.418666; 12.357338
Adjacent bodies of water	Venetian Lagoon
Administration
Italy
Region	Veneto
Province	Province of Venice

History

Benedictine monks lived on this island from at least the eighth century and for almost five hundred years. They were joined later by nuns escaping from the convents of Saints Leone and Basso on the island of Malamocco, which had been destroyed by a seaquake. At the beginning of the 15th century the nuns departed, but they were soon replaced by a few dozen other nuns, who were fleeing the Turkish invasion of Crete. However, by the beginning of the eighteenth century, only a few were left, and soon thereafter the Senate of the Republic of Venice designated San Servolo as the site of a new military hospital, needed due to the continuing war against the Turks. Later the hospital was used to care for the mentally ill.

In 1978, government-instituted reforms of psychiatric treatment resulted in the closure of the hospital. The next year, the Venice government established on the island the "Istituto per le Ricerche e gli Studi sull´Emarginazione Sociale e Culturale" (Institute for the Study of Social and Cultural Marginalization) to preserve the documents associated with the history of the psychiatric hospital. Venice International University, a center for research and education and a collaboration among ten universities from around the world, was formed on San Servolo in 1995. Since 2012, the island is home to the Ca'Foscari International College, a state-funded honours college aimed at students from multilingual and multicultural backgrounds.[1]

Also noteworthy is the rich flora of San Servolo, originally planted for the island's pharmacy, which was used to supply medicine to the military.

Arts and letters

Recently, San Servolo has started hosting an annual international artist residency and has become the site for numerous exhibitions, festivals and performances.

Gallery

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  Buildings of the Benedictines
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References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to San Servolo.

• Official page of San Servolo
• Venice International University
• Google Satellite Map of Isola di San Servolo

На других языках

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[de] San Servolo

San Servolo ist eine unbewohnte Insel in der Lagune von Venedig südöstlich von San Giorgio Maggiore. Die flache Insel erreicht eine Höhe von nur einem Meter.[1] Die Insel ist 380 Meter lang und bis zu 155 Meter breit, bei einer Fläche von fünf Hektar, genauer 48.442 m².[2]

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- [en] San Servolo

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[fr] San Servolo

San Sèrvolo (version vénitienne de l'italien San Servilio, martyre de l'Istrie fêté le 24 mai) est une île de la Lagune de Venise reliée au croisement entre les canaux de l' Orfano, de San Nicolò et du Lazzaretto. Elle a une superficie de 0,48 km2 dont environ 0,38 km2 consacrés aux espaces verts.

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[it] San Servolo

San Sèrvolo è un'isola della Laguna Veneta.

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[ru] Сан-Серволо

Сан-Серволо — итальянский остров в Венецианской лагуне. Расположен к юго-востоку от Сан-Джорджо Маджоре.

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