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15-648: The palace originally belonged to the Navager or Navagero family; their heraldic shield is sculpted on the well in the interior courtyard. In some land and houses bought in 1483 from monks from San Michele in Isola and Sant'Andrea d'Ammiana . This palace was the home of the historian Andrea Navagero, and a grandson also named Andrea (1483–1529), statesman, poet, historian and botanist of Venice, who died in Bles , while ambassador to France. It still owned by Pietro Navagero, who died in 1743,

30-616: A Russian Ruler by Gregorio Lazzarini , and painting depicting the Blessed Michele Pini by Ambrogio Bono . The tomb of Paolo Sarpi had been moved here from the church of the Servi. The main chapel, had a Moses and the serpent by Antonio Zanchi , and an Adoration of the Golden Calf by Lazzarini. The Cappella Emiliana, commissioned by Giovanni Miani for his wife Margherita Vitturi, was completed in 1530 by Guglielmo Bergamesco. Next to

45-403: Is a biogenetic stone composed of calcium carbonate from the tests and shells of marine creatures laid down over eons. Istrian stone approaches the compressive strength and density of marble , which is metamorphosed limestone. It is often loosely referred to as "marble", which is not strictly correct. Venice, isolated in its lagoon, had no building stone at hand. The freshly quarried stone

60-400: Is salt-white or light yellowish, which weathers to a pale gray; the whiteness of Istrian stone contrasts well with coloured stones and brick. When Francesco, son of the architect Jacopo Sansovino , wrote Venetia citta nobilissima et singolare (1580) he emphasized the distinctive quality that Istrian stone and the coppery-red Verona brocatello limestone (so-called Veronese marble ) lent to

75-449: The Isola di San Michele , a small islet sited between Venice and Murano , which once sheltered a Camaldolese monastery ( Italian : Monastero di S. Michele di Murano ), but now houses the main cemetery of the city. The monastery was mostly demolished in the 19th century, but the church remains, originally rebuilt starting in 1469. The church is dedicated to Saint Michael (Roman Catholic) ,

90-622: The Ionic pilasters, a strikingly unusual feature for which that R. Lieberman could only find an earlier parallel in Bernardo Rossellino 's Palazzo Piccolomini in Pienza, also of the 1460s, and also produced in an Albertian milieu. The design was influential in Venice. When it was finished, a monk of the community wrote, "The facade, now complete and perfect, shiner of such a beauty so that it turns in itself

105-434: The architect, completed in 1469. This is the first church known to have been designed by Codussi. Built entirely in salt-white Istrian stone , the facade has weathered to a pale gray. San Michele is considered one of the first examples of Renaissance architecture in Venice, with a facade that appears influenced by the work of Alberti . The strongly delineated masonry courses of the ashlar facade are carried right across

120-459: The faculty of a college, till that too was dissolved in 1814. The community then transferred to Padua . At that point, many of the remaining monastic buildings were demolished, and the land began being used as a cemetery . Among those buried in this cemetery are Ezra Pound and Igor Stravinsky . The church was managed for a time by an order of Padri Reformati. In 1453, a fire destroyed the old church, prompting reconstruction by Mauro Codussi as

135-410: The holder of the scales on Judgement Day , a fit guardian of the sleep of the faithful dead. The island cemetery now includes the land of the formerly separate island of San Cristoforo. This church is sometimes referred to as San Michele di Murano, although this islet is separate from islands comprising that town. It is stated by Cornaro, that Camaldolese tradition holds that Saint Romuald , founder of

150-584: The last male of the Navagero name. The area once had a monastery of the Sepulchre, a building with two towers. The palace is also known as the local Casa de Petrarca . It is where Petrarch's daughter Francesca and her husband Francescuolo da Brossano lived with their family along with the famous poet 1362–1367. San Michele in Isola San Michele in Isola is a Roman Catholic church, located on

165-422: The light of the eyes of all those who walk or sail by". The interior has a nave and two aisles, with polychrome marble decorations. A description from 1868 recalls the decoration of the church included a Bust of Cardinal Giovanni Dolfin (1622), sculpted by Bernini , and located above the interior portal. The organ doors had four paintings by Domenico Campagnola . In the nave were paintings of St Boniface and

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180-569: The main façade is the Cappella Emiliani (1530). On the other side is a cloister dating to the 15th century, through which the cemetery can be reached. Istrian stone Istrian stone , pietra d'Istria , the characteristic group of building stones in the architecture of Venice , Istria and Dalmatia , is a dense type of impermeable limestone that was quarried in Istria , nowadays Croatia ; between Portorož and Pula . Limestone

195-555: The map, titled Il Mappamondo di Fra Mauro . At San Michele, Placido was to befriend the fellow Camaldolese, Mauro Cappellari, who later became Pope Gregory XVI . Others associated with the monastery include Pietro I Orseolo , Anselmo Costadoni , Gian Benedetto Mittarelli , and Pietro Delfino . In 1810 the monastery was suppressed by the Napoleonic armies during his occupation of the Veneto. The monks continued their communal existence as

210-472: The order, lived circa the year 1000 on this island, perhaps attracted by its insularity relative to the main islands of Venice. However, the first documentation we have is that a church dedicated to St Michael was granted in 1212 to the monastic order under the assent of the Bishops Marco Niccola and Buono Balbi. The church was consecrated in 1221 with attendance of Doge Pietro Ziani . The abbey at

225-490: The site endured some tumults during the following centuries, most regarding dissents within the Camaldolese; however, it remained a major institution in Venice. The Camaldolese theologian Angelo Calogera resided in this monastery in 1716–1724. The monk and cartographer, Fra Mauro , known for his map of the world dating to 1450, was associated with the monastery. Placido Zurla , also a monk at San Michele, wrote an account of

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