Ammiana
Sign in to saveAmmiana was a settlement in an archipelago in the northern part of the Lagoon of Venice which has disappeared. Its islands were part of a larger number of islands in this part of the lagoon which also included the island group of the next-door settlement of Costanziaco (just to the east) and the islands of Torcello, Burano and Mazzorbo to the south-east. The islands of Ammiana were between the right and left banks of the lagunar channels which today are called della Dolce and San Felice. Another island, which was called tumba della Leseda and is now called La Salina, which lies on the right (e
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Early historical record
- Islands, churches and monasteries
- Ammianella or Sant’Andrea di Ammiana and the Sant'Andrea church and monastery
- Orti di Ammiana
- Castrazio and the San Lorenzo monastery
- Tumbae between Ammiana and Costanziaco
- The Tumba della Gaiada and the church and monastery of Santa Maria Maddalena della Gaiada
- Tumba Leseda and the Santi Felice e Fortunato monastery
- Environmental degradation
- Disappeared islands
- The surviving islands
- References
Ammiana was a settlement in an archipelago in the northern part of the Lagoon of Venice which has disappeared. Its islands were part of a larger number of islands in this part of the lagoon which also included the island group of the next-door settlement of Costanziaco (just to the east) and the islands of Torcello, Burano and Mazzorbo to the south-east. The islands of Ammiana were between the right and left banks of the lagunar channels which today are called della Dolce and San Felice. Another island, which was called tumba della Leseda and is now called La Salina, which lies on the right (eastern) bank of the San Felice channel, was also part of this settlement.
Like other settlements on islands of this part of this lagoon, it flourished between the 7th and 13th century but declined in the 13th century due to deteriorating environmental conditions and was abandoned by the mid-14th century. Like the next door Costanziaco, some of its islands were subsequently submerged by the waters of the lagoon.
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