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San Giorgio Maggiore

History
....and in 982 the island was given to rhe Benedictine order by the Doge Tribune Memmo to a Benedictine monk, Giovanni Morosini,. who had returned from Spain (It was the Morosini family who were given responsibility for an altar in Palladio's church 600 years later ). The Benedictines then founded a monastery there, but in 1223 an earthquake caused extensive damage. [all the buildings on the island were destroyed by an earthquake.] [better ref for earthquake needed]

The church and monastery were [rebuilt] repaired after the earthquake and the church was remodelled in the 15th century. .................

authority needed re earlier church

The Choir appears to have been designed in essentials by Palladio before his death and was built between 1580 and 1589.

The façade ..........

Campanile           It was ascended by easy ramps and there is now also a lift. There is a fine view across Venice from the top.[insert picture]

Interior quote Ruskin, Boucher p.165 also Goy'