Sant'Andrea is a small island in the
Venetian Lagoon
The Venetian Lagoon (; ) is an enclosed bay of the Adriatic Sea, in northern Italy, in which the city of Venice is situated. Its name in the Italian and Venetian languages, ' (cognate of Latin ' ), has provided the English name for an enclosed, ...
, northern
Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...
.
It houses the , a large fortress built in the 16th century to defend
Venice
Venice ( ; ; , formerly ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 islands that are separated by expanses of open water and by canals; portions of the city are li ...
. Sant'Andrea constitutes a prolongation of the island of
Vignole
Vignole (also Le Vignole) is an island in the Venetian Lagoon, northern Italy, with an area of . It is located north-east of Venice, between the islands of Sant'Erasmo and La Certosa.
Location
Vignole consists of two islands which are connect ...
, from which it is separated by a narrow channel, towards the on the
Lido
Lido may refer to:
Geography
* Lido (Belgrade), a river beach on the Danube in Belgrade, Serbia
* Venice Lido, an 11-kilometre-long barrier island in the Venetian Lagoon, Venice, Italy
* Ruislip Lido, a reservoir and artificial beach in Ruisl ...
, between Venice's Island and the island of
Sant'Erasmo
Sant'Erasmo is an island in the Venetian Lagoon lying north-east of the Lido island and east of Venice, Italy.
History
The island was a port attached to Murano in the 8th century, but is now known for market gardening. Ruined fortifications ...
.
References
{{Islands of the Venetian Lagoon
Sant'Andrea Sant'Andrea is the Italian language, Italian name for List of saints named Andrew, St. Andrew, most commonly Andrew the Apostle. It may refer to:
Communes in Italy
*Castronuovo di Sant'Andrea, Basilicata
*Cazzano Sant'Andrea, Lombardy
*MazzarrĂ ...