San Servolo

San Servolo is an uninhabited island in the Venice lagoon southeast of San Giorgio Maggiore. The flat island reaches a height of only one meter. The island is 380 meters long and up to 155 meters wide, with an area of ​​five acres, more precisely 48,442 m².

From the 8th century inhabited almost five hundred years Benedictine monks of this island, they were followed by the nuns of the Santi Leone and Basso Monastery of Malamocco Island, which had been destroyed by a storm surge. After their departure the early 15th century the gap by a few dozen of the Turks from the island of Crete displaced nuns was closed. At the beginning of the 18th century, however, were only a few of them can be found on San Servolo, soon after the island was earmarked for the construction of a hospital.

The relocation of the hospitals in the city of Venice in the mid 20th century a modified dedication of the house had become necessary. It was set up a closed psychiatric ward.

At the beginning of the 1970s, the regional government decided the transfer of psychiatry on the mainland because they wanted to make the island for other purposes. On 24 October 1979, the " Fondazione San Servolo " was donated by the government, which in turn founded the " Istituto per le Ricerche e gli Studi sull'Emarginazione Sociale e Culturale " ( Institute for the Study of social and cultural exclusion ) based on the island. 1995 came to San Servolo the Venice International University, a Community body, the Universities of Venice, Barcelona, ​​Munich (LMU ) and Durham.

Furthermore, in 1977 there the " European Centre Venice for the professions in heritage conservation " (Centro Europeo di Venezia per i Mestieri della Conservazione del Patrimonio architettonico ) was established as an executive body of a foundation which from euro Europe, the European Community, the European Parliament, the UNESCO and national associations and government departments was established. The aim of the center is to organize training courses for artisans in handicrafts, which are active in the preservation of monuments or want to be. Over the years, the training activity of the Centre has increasingly devoted two additional objectives: the specialization in the traditional restoration techniques as well as modern construction techniques, and the use of traditional and innovative techniques for periodic maintenance and sustainable conservation. For this reason, the courses are designed not only to artisans, but also to architects, engineers and entrepreneurs. The center is located since 2007 no longer on the island of San Servolo, but is now based in Thiene (Veneto ).

Also noteworthy is the rich flora of the island.

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• Uninhabited Island
• Island (Veneto )
• Island ( Europe)
• Island ( Lagoon of Venice)