Church of San Giorgio Maggiore - details and images
San Giorgio Maggiore Venice is one of the islands lying to the south of the main island. Channel Island is surrounded by della Grazia, Canal della Giudecca, San Marco Basin, Canal di San Marco, and south of Laguna.
The island was probably occupied during the Roman occupation and have the name Memmi Island (after the family that owned). Since 829 is a church dedicated to St. George (San Giorgio). San Giorgio Monastery was founded in 982 when the Doge Tribuno Memmo island donated a monk.
In the early nineteenth century, after the fall of the republic, the monastery was almost forbidden, and the island became a public place with a port built in 1812. He became host of Venetian artillery.
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