The island is only inhabited by nine Franciscan monks and you have to get someone with a boat to take you over there. A leaflet gives you a guide through the courtyard, church and garden where there is said to be a tree said to have sprouted from the staff of St Francis of Assisi!
Leaving Burano and arriving at the Island
Here are two photographs of the monastery 
A sculpture in the garden.
A view of the swamplands which is how all the islands in the lagoon looked when they were first inhabited.
A statue of St Francis in the garden
No comments:
Post a Comment