![]() ![]() In 1566 began the construction of the new church by Palladio, who later designed also the " Palladian" cloister. Between 15 Andrea Palladio built a new refectory for which Paolo Veronese painted the massive The Wedding Feast at Cana which was displayed there. In 1433 Cosimo de' Medici, when exiled from Florence, took refuge here. In 1223 a violent earthquake destroyed the monastery. In 1204, Doge Enrico Dandolo secured the relics of Saint Lucy for the monastery they were transferred in 1279 to Santa Lucia in Cannaregio. In 1177 Pope Alexander III and Frederick Barbarossa met here. ![]() The monks had considerable autonomy and close links with Florence and Padua, and thus it became also a favoured location for foreign dignitaries to stay while in the city. Over the centuries the monastery became a theological, cultural and artistic center of primary importance in Europe. Prestige San Giorgio Maggiore at Dusk, Claude Monet, 1908–1912 He was murdered in Budapest-on the hill which now bears his name-in the course of a pagan insurrection against the Venetian king then ruling the Hungarians. Gerard of Csanád ( Hungarian: Szent Gellért) (980-1046), a bishop and martyr who helped establish Christianity in Hungary. Among the first monks of the community which developed there was St. The monastery was founded in AD 982 following the donation of the island by the Doge Tribuno Memmo in response to a request by the Blessed John Morosini, O.S.B., who wished to establish a monastery there, and who then became the first abbot. Most of the old monastic buildings currently serve as headquarters of the Cini Foundation. It stands next to the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore, which serves the monastic community. George Monastery) is a Benedictine monastery in Venice, Italy, located on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore. ![]() View of the Monastery of San Giorgio Maggiore from the bell tower View of the island ![]()
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