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and the monks expelled; many of the monastery's remaining treasures were sold or stolen. Only a few monks were able to remain to serve in the church, while the monastery itself became a weapons depot. For more than a century it was used as a military
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which was displayed there. In 1566 began the construction of the new church by
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designed the new library, the grand staircase, the monastery facade, the
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Italian Government granted the monastery to the
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S. Vianello (a cura di) Le chiese di
Venezia. Electa, 1993
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Touring Club Italiano – Venezia. 3° ed.
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Foreign Ministers of the six Member States of the
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City of Vicenza and the Palladian Villas of the Veneto
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Christian monasteries established in the 10th century
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The monastery was so important that, in 1799, while
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for the monastery; they were transferred in 1279 to
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994:I quattro libri dell'architettura
910:Villa Trissino (Meledo di Sarego)
604:Convento della Carità (cloisters)
545:Pictures of San Giorgio Monastery
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348:European Coal and Steel Community
140:the hill which now bears his name
1137:Andrea Palladio church buildings
1097:Benedictine monasteries in Italy
875:Villa Porto (Vivaro di Dueville)
744:Palazzo Porto in Piazza Castello
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555:Pictures of San Giorgio Maggiore
550:Satellite image from Google Maps
91:in response to a request by the
1036:Palladian villas of the Veneto
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57:Church of San Giorgio Maggiore
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80:The monastery was founded in
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764:Palazzo Thiene Bonin Longare
450:The New York Review of Books
445:"Napoleon's Greatest Trophy"
307:St George slaying the Dragon
164:San Giorgio Maggiore at Dusk
36:(St. George Monastery) is a
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920:Villa Valmarana (Vigardolo)
870:Villa Porto, Molina di Malo
619:San Giorgio Maggiore church
417:Dictionnaire des Architects
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288:French Revolutionary Army
269:The Wedding Feast at Cana
233:The Wedding Feast at Cana
1122:Sites of papal elections
905:Villa Trissino (Cricoli)
860:Villa Pisani, Montagnana
810:Villa Capra "La Rotonda"
256:and the guest quarters.
244:. Between 1641 and 1680
195:met here. In 1204, Doge
71:History of the monastery
55:. It stands next to the
415:Oudin, Bernard (1994).
1073:45.4295096; 12.3436975
1012:Palladian architecture
941:Ponte Vecchio, Bassano
900:Villa Thiene (Cicogna)
840:Villa Gazzotti Grimani
637:San Pietro di Castello
259:After the fall of the
199:secured the relics of
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855:Villa Pisani, Bagnolo
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142:—in the course of a
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684:Basilica Palladiana
1112:982 establishments
830:Villa Forni Cerato
714:Palazzo Chiericati
490:, January 28, 2016
488:The Globe and Mail
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189:Pope Alexander III
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205:Santa Lucia
177:theological
171:, 1908–1912
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1086:Categories
1059:12°20′37″E
1056:45°25′46″N
976:attributed
950:attributed
925:Villa Zeno
845:Villa Godi
656:attributed
652:Le Zitelle
631:attributed
542:Fotosearch
377:References
323:suppressed
226:for which
209:Cannaregio
201:Saint Lucy
148:Hungarians
76:Foundation
825:Villa Emo
254:infirmary
250:novitiate
238:Palladian
224:refectory
112:Hungarian
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598:Churches
365:See also
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265:Napoleon
242:cloister
181:Florence
154:Prestige
136:Budapest
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296:elected
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