Isola di San Michele
Island in the Venetian Lagoon, Italy
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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. The island contains San Michele in Isola, a Catholic church, as well as the San Michele Cemetery, Venice’s principal cemetery. It is associated with the sestiere of Cannaregio, from which it lies a short distance northeast.
Aerial view of Isola di San Michele | |
  Location within Venetian Lagoon | |
 Interactive map of Isola di San Michele | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 45.447°N 12.347°E |
| Adjacent to | Venetian Lagoon |
| Area | 0.176[1] km2 (0.068 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 1 m (3 ft) |
| Administration | |
| Veneto | |
| 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 Michele cemetery
The island has served as the principal cemetery of Venice since 1807.
Gallery
Church S.Michele in Isola
Walls of San Michele
Chapel of San Rocco
San Cristoforo
Graves
