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If you’ve been to Venice before and have already visited the most famous sites or want to get away from the crowds, this is the tour for you.
You will meet your guide in St Mark’s Square and take the vaporetto to the island of San Servolo, one of Venice’s most complex and challenging restoration projects. The island features a vast architectural complex and beautiful park and has been a monastic seat for a millennium.
After another vaporetto transfer you will reach the Island of San Lazzaro degli Armeni, a small island completely occupied by a monastery, the mother house of the Mekhitarist order. The island is one of the first centres of Armenian culture in the world. An oasis of peace, it holds many secrets and treasures. A Mekhitarist father will guide you from the characteristic Armenian church to the small museum with memories of Lord Byron.
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Duration: 3 hours
Starts: Padova, Italy
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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If you’ve been to Venice before and have already visited the most famous sites or want to get away from the crowds, this is the tour for you.
You will meet your guide in St Mark’s Square and take the vaporetto to the island of San Servolo, one of Venice’s most complex and challenging restoration projects. The island features a vast architectural complex and beautiful park and has been a monastic seat for a millennium.
After another vaporetto transfer you will reach the Island of San Lazzaro degli Armeni, a small island completely occupied by a monastery, the mother house of the Mekhitarist order. The island is one of the first centres of Armenian culture in the world. An oasis of peace, it holds many secrets and treasures. A Mekhitarist father will guide you from the characteristic Armenian church to the small museum with memories of Lord Byron.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Chiesa dell’Isola di San Servolo, Isola di San Servolo, Venice Italy
San Sèrvolo is an island in the Venetian lagoon. It is one of the islands closest to the historic centre of Venice. San Servolo is one of the oldest monastic settlements in the lagoon. From 1715 the island was used as a military hospital and in 1725 the first mentally ill person was admitted there. In 1797 Napoleon’s government ordered that the insane of all classes be admitted to San Servolo, which thus became a lay-run asylum and military hospital.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Isola di San Lazzaro degli Armeni, 30126 Venice Italy
San Lazzaro degli Armeni is a small island in the Venice lagoon, and is completely occupied by a monastery, the mother house of the Mekhitarist order. The island is one of the world’s first centres of Armenian culture.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
