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One of the few abandoned islands in the northern lagoon which, thanks to an impressive restoration project, has been able to be reborn and is once again open to the public.
A unique experience to get to know a piece of Venetian history that only few people know about.
Located opposite the shoreline of the Island of Sant'Erasmo, it can be reached in about 30 minutes by vaporetto from Venice Fondamente Nuove.

It is assumed that the island, since ancient times, had an important strategic function to control the waterways towards the hinterland, which in Roman times went from Ravenna to Altino. Archaeological findings demonstrate the presence of man in the area since the Bronze Age, while the first official public act dates back to 1050 and calls the island "Vigna Murada".The property of the island was, from the end of the eleventh century, of the Benedictine monks of San Giorgio Maggiore who erected a place of worship dedicated to San Bartolomeo; the island was surrounded by salt pans and the larges

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