San Giorgio Maggiore
San Giorgio Maggiore is one of the islands of Venice, east of the Giudecca district. The island is surrounded by canal of Santa Maria della Grazia, Canale della Giudecca, St. Mark's Basin, San Marco canal and Venice lagoon. It is part of the San Marco district.
The island was probably inhabited during the Roman period. After the foundation of Venice, the Insula Memmia was named, to the Memmo family, who owned the island. In 829 there was already a church dedicated to Saint Joris called San Giorgio Maggiore to distinguish him from San Giorgio in Alga. The Benedictine monastery of San Giorgio was founded in 982, when the doge Tribuno Memmo gave the whole island a monk, Giovanni Morosini.
San Giorgio is now known by the church of San Giorgio Maggiore, designed by Palladio in 1566. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, after the fall of the Republic of Venice, the monastery was almost suppressed and the island became a free port with a new port built in 1812. It became the home of Venetian artillery. It is now the headquarters of the Cini Foundation, a cultural center known for its library. It is also home to the open air theater Teatro Verde.
In the anime series Negima, the library is based on and probably identical to San Giorgio Maggiore. San Giorgio Maggiore Media files 45° 26′ NB, 12° 21′ OL
wiki
