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San Servolo

Islands of the Venetian Lagoon
San Servolo (Venice) from the air
San Servolo (Venice) from the air

San Servolo is an Italian island in the Venetian Lagoon, to the southeast of San Giorgio Maggiore. Earlier housing a monastery of Benedictine monks, later an asylum for the insane, the island is now home to a museum, Venice International University, and the prestigious International College of Ca' Foscari University.

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San Servolo
Viale Vittorio Veneto, Venice Venezia-Murano-Burano

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Venice International University

Viale Vittorio Veneto
30132 Venice, Venezia-Murano-Burano
Veneto, Italy
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Venice International University
Venice International University

Venice International University (VIU) is an international center for higher education and research located on the island of San Servolo, in Venice, Italy. It was established on December 15, 1995 as a consortium of five Universities and two Italian Institutions. Since its foundation, Venice International University has grown to include a total of twenty members (as of 2020), in collaboration and with support of the Metropolitan City of Venice, Italy (Italian: Città metropolitana di Venezia). Boston College of the United States Duke University of the United States Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany (German: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität) Tel Aviv University of Israel Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea Tsinghua University of Beijing, China Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy (Italian: Università Ca' Foscari Venezia) University IUAV of Venice, Italy (Italian: Università IUAV di Venezia) European University at Saint Petersburg, Russia Waseda University of Tokyo, Japan University of Padua, Italy (Italian: Università degli Studi di Padova) University of Bordeaux, France National Research Council (Italy) University of Lausanne, Switzerland Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique of Quebec City, Canada (English: National Institute of Scientific Research) University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy (Italian: Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata") KU Leuven of Belgium. (Dutch: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) Stellenbosch University, South Africa University of Exeter, United Kingdom University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

San Lazzaro degli Armeni
San Lazzaro degli Armeni

San Lazzaro degli Armeni (Italian: [san ˈladdzaro deʎʎ arˈmɛːni], lit. "Saint Lazarus of the Armenians"; called Saint Lazarus Island in English sources; Armenian: Սուրբ Ղազար, romanized: Surb Ghazar) is a small island in the Venetian Lagoon which has been home to the monastery of the Mekhitarists, an Armenian Catholic congregation, since 1717. It is one of the two primary centers of the congregation, along with the Mekhitarist Monastery of Vienna.The islet lies 2 km (1.2 mi) to the southeast of Venice proper and west of the Lido and covers an area of 3 hectares (7.4 acres). Settled in the 9th century, it was a leper colony during the Middle Ages, but fell into disuse by the early 18th century. In 1717 San Lazzaro was ceded by the Republic of Venice to Mkhitar Sebastatsi, an Armenian Catholic monk, who established a monastery with his followers. It has since been the headquarters of the Mekhitarists and, as such, one of the world's prominent centers of Armenian culture and Armenian studies. Numerous important publications, such as the first complete dictionary of the Armenian language (1749–69) and the first modern history of Armenia (1781–86), were made in the island by the monks which made it an early major center of Armenian printing. San Lazzaro has been enlarged nearly four times from its original size through land reclamation. It was recognized as an academy by Napoleon in 1810 when nearly all monasteries of Venice were abolished. A significant episode in its history is Lord Byron's visit in 1816–17. The island is one of the best known historic sites of the Armenian diaspora. The monastery has a large collection of books, journals, artifacts, and the third largest collection of Armenian manuscripts (more than 3,000). Over the centuries, dozens of artists, writers, political and religious leaders have visited the island. It has since become a tourist destination.