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  Sightseeing - The Islands of the Lagoon of Venice - San Lazzaro degli Armeni
Sightseeing - The Islands of the Lagoon of Venice - San Lazzaro degli Armeni
The Island of the Lagoon of Venice, San Lazzaro degli Armeni:
From the XVIII century San Lazzaro is an Armenian monastery and a centre of diffusion of the Armenian culture.
www.veniceby.com /sightsee/sight11.htm   (74 words)

  
 Info and facts on 'San Lazzaro degli Armeni'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
San Lazzaro degli Armeni is an island (A land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water) in the Venetian Lagoon (additional info and facts about Venetian Lagoon), lying immediately west of the Lido (A recreational facility including a swimming pool for water sports).
The island was first inhabited in the twelfth century (additional info and facts about twelfth century), when it became a leper colony (additional info and facts about leper colony).
The island's gardens are also known for their plants and their peacock (European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot) s.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/sa/san_lazzaro_degli_armeni.htm   (211 words)

  
 The Venetian Lagoon
San Michele is a green and relatively unspoilt island dotted with dark Cypresses.
Situated in between San Marco and the Lido, San Servolo was one of the original monastery islands of Venice.
The lepers were then transferred to the Ospedale di San Lazzaro dei Mendicanti at Santi Giovanni e Paolo, leaving the buildings bare and derelict and to the minds of less educated folk, contaminated and dangerous.
www.canaan.demon.co.uk /roleplaying/venice/VenGeog-Lagn.html   (1416 words)

  
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The Island of San Lazzaro in the ‘Laguna’ of Venice is the Mother House of the Mekhitarist monastic Order and it is at the same time one of the most important centres of Armenian culture.
Thus in a few years San Lazzaro became one of the most renowned monastic and literary centres among Armenians.
Up to recent times San Lazzaro was also famous for the outstanding achievements of its printing house, awarded many times in international exhibitions and competitions.
www-writing.montaigne.u-bordeaux.fr /univ/sanlazzaro.htm   (646 words)

  
 San Lazzaro degli Armeni - Venice for Visitors
hen the Piazza San Marco is jammed with daytrippers, the Rialto Bridge is overflowing with souvenir shoppers, and the the Doge's Palace is more crowded than a VFW convention, it's time to consider a visit to the quieter islands of the Venetian lagoon: among them, the monastery island of San Lazzaro degli Armeni.
San Lazzaro is named after St. Lazarus, the patron saint of lepers.
It was a leper colony from the 12th to 16th centuries, then was abandoned until Mechitar--the Armenian monk shown in the photo at right--fled his Turkish persecutors in 1715 and came to Venice.
europeforvisitors.com /venice/articles/san_lazzaro_degli_armeni.htm   (362 words)

  
 ITALIA - Spotlight On ... The Islands of Venice Lagoon - Veneto
But there are two extraordinary islands, two places of the spirit, which are surrounded by a unique solitude and which deserve a special mention: San Francesco del Deserto and San Lazzaro degli Armeni.
These five tiny isles separated lengthwise by the local Canal Grande and crosswise by the canal of San Donato and by the Rio Vetrai can be reached in a few minutes both from San Zaccaria and from the Fondamenta Nuove.
San Fancesco del Deserto can be reached both from Venice and Burano in 20 minutes by boat.
www.italiantourism.com /island8.html   (558 words)

  
 Telegraph | Travel | Venice: Islands of reflection
San Clemente, for example, has been transformed into a five-star resort.
The white stone Renaissance church of San Michele, designed by Mauro Codussi, dominates an island fringed with honey-coloured walls and shaded by cypress trees.
Unlike San Francesco del Deserto, the monastery of San Lazzaro is positively palatial.
www.telegraph.co.uk /travel/main.jhtml?grid=T6&xml=/travel/2003/02/22/etvenisles.xml   (1273 words)

  
 San Lazzaro Island - Armeniapedia.org   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Mekhitar and his seventeen monks built a monastery, restored the old church, and enlarged the island to its present 3 hectares, about four times its original area.
Lazzaro houses a 150,000-volume library, as well as a museum with over 4,000 Armenian manuscripts and many Arab, Indian and Egyptian artifacts collected by the monks or received as gifts.
The monastery and its gardens, noted for its peacocks, may be reached by vaporetto (#20 from S. Zaccaria) every 40 minutes and offers daily tours at 15.30 to visitors.
armeniapedia.org /index.php?title=S._Lazzaro_degli_Armeni&redirect=no   (315 words)

  
 Articles - Venice   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
The Cavalieri di San Marco was the only order of chivalry ever instituted in Venice, and no citizen could accept or join a foreign order without the government’s consent.
The city is divided into the six districts of Cannaregio, San Polo, Dorsoduro (including the Giudecca), Santa Croce, San Marco and Castello (including San Pietro di Castello and Sant'Elena).
The buildings of Venice are constructed on closely spaced wood piles (under water, in the absence of oxygen, wood does not decay) which penetrate alternating layers of clay and sand.
www.centralairconditioners.net /articles/Venice   (2722 words)

  
 Veniceblog: Sant' Ariano: The Island of Bones
Or the tiny, cyprus towered San Francesco del Deserto, where St. Francis of Assisi is said to have performed "the miracle of the birds" in 1220.
It became an ossario: a repository for bones that were occasionally removed from Venice's main cemetery on the island of San Michele and from the various campielli dei morti (literally "little fields of the dead": small cemeteries that were once scattered throughout the historic center of Venice).
To add to the ghoulishess of the story, Jan says she found a turn-of-the-century guidebook that said that the bones were mined for use in the refining of sugar.
veniceblog.typepad.com /veniceblog/2003/11/sant_ariano_the.html   (684 words)

  
 San Lazzaro degli Armeni - Venice for Visitors
The monks of the St. Lazzaro monastery have welcomed visitors for more than two centuries.
The No. 20 vaporetto leaves San Zaccaria, near the Piazza San Marco, for the islands of San Servolo and San Lazzaro.
Although the guided tour is interesting, the San Lazzaro monastery is little more than a footnote to Venetian culture and history.
europeforvisitors.com /venice/articles/san_lazzaro_degli_armeni2.htm   (387 words)

  
 Venice   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Originally, Piazza San Marco was a grass-covered open space traversed by a canal and bounded on either of its short sides by a church (San Teodoro and San Gemignano).
As San Pietro was the first seat of Venice’s bishop and thereafter patriarch, the church of San Pietro di Castello retained its standing as cathedral until 1807.
Beyond the Frari are the Scuola and church of San Rocco.
www.nsa.naples.navy.mil /gaetamwr/venice.htm   (5163 words)

  
 via travel design journal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
The patron saint of Portofino is San Giorgio and the annual village 'festa patronale' is celebrated on the first Sunday in April.
The Torciata di San Giuseppe of Pitigliano is a traditional procession dedicated to the Saint that culminates with an evocative "Ritual of the Fire".
The Island of San Lazzaro in the ‘Laguna’ of Venice is the Mother House of the Mekhitarist Monastic Order and it is at the same time one of the most important centers of Armenian culture.
viatraveldesign.com /journal/archives/2004_03.html   (2781 words)

  
 Veniceblog: From Armenia To Venice in a 13th Century Replica
Above is a picture of the Cilicia, a fascinating replica of a 13th century Armenian sailing ship, moored on the monastary island of San Lazzaro degli Armeni, in Venice, last Friday.
It began its maiden voyage four months ago on Lake Sevan, in Armenia, and Venice is its first port of call in an itinerary that includes all of the 7 seas, retracing the routes Armenian traders followed over 600 years ago.
The monastary of San Lazzaro is a wonderful and under-visited place, so you can make an afternoon of it.
veniceblog.typepad.com /veniceblog/2004/10/from_armenia_to.html   (295 words)

  
 Art for the world
The Mekhitarian Armenian monastic complex on the Island of San Lazzaro in Venice is an important point of encounter between Eastern and Western, secular and religious, cultures.
The first is the large sculptural construction, "A quake in Paradise (Labyrinth)", 1995, consisting of 29 panels bearing images from the artist's journeys around the world, which is installed on the scenic overlook (belvedere) on the promontory of San Lazzaro.
The third is the print series entitled "Tribute 21" (1995), the themes of which refer to universal concerns such as cultural preservation, social justice and the environment.
www.art-for-the-world.com /wwd/1996/raush/raush.htm   (246 words)

  
 fishing villages
The ride out by private boat is beautiful and evocative – passing the islands of the Lido, San Lazzaro degli Armeni, Lazzaretto Vecchio, Poveglia and Pellestrina.
You will find its quaint villages and gaily coloured fishermen’s cottages extremely relaxing – quite another world - and lunch will be in a typical local trattoria – a favourite of Venetians - where a dizzying array of delicious fresh fish is served.
The Armenians form one of the oldest foreign communities in Venice and their island is idyllic – an onion-shaped cupola, old cloisters, precious paintings, interesting exhibits, priceless books, an ancient printing-press –; with a backdrop of perfumed gardens and orchards.
www.venice-alacarte.com /mainframe/menu/fishingvillages.htm   (235 words)

  
 A MAPMAKER'S DREAM by James Cowan - Between The Lines   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
A personal journal is uncovered by an historian in the 1980s amidst artefacts housed in a monastery's museum on the island of San Lazzaro degli Armeni.
A learned scholar and spiritual sage, Fra Mauro's world within his quarters at San Muchele di Murano's monastery was frequented by seasoned explorers whose transient existence embraced the lands and peoples of distant places.
Hearing of the monk's elaborate vision of a map that encompassed all the world had to yield, these explorers would travel to the monk's cell to unburden themselves of not only the peculiar sights they had witnessed, but of the inevitable moral and religious dilemmas that such alien forays presented.
www.thei.aust.com /isite/btl/btlrvcowan.html   (1296 words)

  
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The island of San Servolo (48.442 sq.m.) and the Ottagono of Caroman (2023 sq.m.)
The following table shows the data related to the surface areas of islands in the lagoon including reclaimed areas B and D-E and Chioggia.
(Venice is made up of the islands of the historic centre, while Giudecca, San Michele, Burano and Murano are considered separately).
www.salve.it /uk/eco/destra/faunave/isole.htm   (213 words)

  
 Fodor's Travel Guides | Forums Messages
I can't see why San Lazzaro wouldn't be included on the pass, it's on vaporetto route # 20, but that runs VERY infrequently, only once or twice a day I think, so you should check the schedule
But since the return is pretty infrequent it looks like one must prepare to spend at least an hour on San Lazzaro (no matter which boat is taken from San Zaccaria).
Of course it'd have been nice for you to see the Eliasson installation, but I think that you probably spent your 2-3 hours better somewhere else (the vaporetto logistics for San Lazzaro are a bit complicated, as you read).
www.fodors.com /forums/pgMessages.jsp?fid=2&tid=34666355&numresponses=29&start=0   (1807 words)

  
 Untitled Document
The leprosarium “Ospedal di San Lazzaro” - Saint Lazzaro Hospital- was to be found since 1196 in the San Trovaso parish in the old city center.
The “New Lazaretto”, as it was called, was situated in another island in the San Erasmo canal.
The intuition proved to be so successful that never again did Venice see an epidemic.
venicemagazine.it /healthy.htm   (545 words)

  
 Venice forum: San Francesco del Deserto and/or San Lazzaro degli Armeni - TripAdvisor
This is open to the public Tuesday - Saturday 9 - 11 am and 3-5 pm and om Sunday only fom 3 - 5 pm.
San Lazzaro degli Armeni is in the southern lagoon.
This is served by a vaporetto line - No. 20 from San Zaccaria but be careful to check as only some of the ferries stop at San Lazzaro and others sail past.
tripadvisor.com /ShowTopic-g187870-i57-k182854-San_Francesco_del_Deserto_and_or_San...   (500 words)

  
 IN VENICE: James Newton - DiscorD Distribution
For his second recording, Newton found a location in equal contrast to his modern style.
He went to the venerable church, San Lazzaro Degli Armeni in Venice, Italy.
The small island housing the church became home to Armenia's priests and monks who kept their homeland's culture and religion alive during Armenia's years of oppression.
www.discord.co.uk /shop/details/item/13711303025   (178 words)

  
 Miscellaneous Tips, Venice, Italy
Piazza San Marco by the numbers Use the figures in the photo to identify the major landmarks around St. Mark's Square.
Venice to Chioggia Chioggia, a busy fishing port at the southern tip of the Venetian lagoon, is an hour and a half from Venice by bus and ferry.
Campanile di San Marco Venice's 325-foot bell tower isn't what it appears to be, but the view from the top is unsurpassed.
www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/Italy/Veneto/Venice-140867/General_Tips-Venice-MISC-BR-7.html   (974 words)

  
 Venice Events — weddings in Venice and weddings in Italy — Planned to Perfection   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
We visit San Francesco del Deserto situated south of Burano - according to tradition its monastery surrounded by cypress trees was founded by Saint Francis of Assisi and the two small cloisters still house a community of Friars.
The story goes that the saint passed through here on his way back from the middle east, as he approached the island a storm that was raging suddenly dropped and the birds began to sing!
Then in our private motor launch we cruise on to San Lazzaro degli Armeni, which was used as a refuge for lepers during the 12th century.
www.veniceevents.com /water_new.html   (808 words)

  
 Venice   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Little arched bridges connect a multitude of tiny lanes which in turn lead to charming piazzas, quaint old churches and fascinating old shops.
During your stay you must see the paintings in the Accadamia, the modern art in the Guggenheim and the Tintorettos in the Scuolo di San Rocco.
Hop on a vaporetto or a gondola if you really want to splash out for a cruise along the Grand Canal, the most stunning High Street in the world.
www.bobcolegrouptravel.co.uk /europe/italy/venice.htm   (325 words)

  
 Winter2000page5.htm
He was honored as Person of Year by and keynote speaker for Council of Armenian-American Organizations of Northern California, San Francisco, January 19, 2000.
DICKRAN KOUYMJIAN (Haig and Isabel Berberian Professor of Armenian Studies, CSU Fresno) was named as “Man of the Year” by the Armenian National Committee, Central California, at a banquet held on Sunday, March 5.
“Alle frontiere di una ecumenicità precorritrice,” in San Lazzaro degli Armeni.
armenianstudies.csufresno.edu /sas_newsletter/Winter2000/page5.htm   (1899 words)

  
 Venice forum: San Francesco del Deserto and/or San Lazzaro degli Armeni - TripAdvisor
Venice forum: San Francesco del Deserto and/or San Lazzaro degli Armeni
San Francesco del Deserto and/or San Lazzaro degli Armeni
San Francesco del Deserto A small island with the Franciscan monastery of Covento di San Francesco del Deserto.
www.tripadvisor.com /ShowTopic-g187870-San_Francesco_del_Deserto_and_or_San_Lazzaro_degli_Armeni-k182854-i57-Venice_Veneto.html   (500 words)

  
 Viktor A. Ambartsumian
Edited by Y. Terzian, E. Khachikian, and D. Weedman, (Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 1999).
Edited by Y. Terzian, E. Khachikian, and D. Weedman, (Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, 1999), p.467.
Rosino, L., “Encounters with Victor Ambartsumian One Afternoon at the San Lazzaro Degli Armeni Island at Venice,”; Astrophysics 29, 1, 412 (1989).
www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu /brucemedalists/ambartsumian/AmbartsumianRefs.html   (461 words)

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