San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice

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Where?

Located across the Grand Canal from Piazza San Marco

What?

Church and Island

Anything else you need to know?

This island was given to a monk by the Doge of Venice and the monks then proceeded to drain the marshland and build on it. Today it home to the headquarters of the Cini Foundation arts centre and the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore.

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