Key facts
- Adjacent to
- Venetian Lagoon
- Area
- 0.176 km (0.068 sq mi)
- Highest elevation
- 1 m (3 ft)
- Region
- Veneto
- Province
- Province of Venice
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Encyclopedic overview
The Island of San Michele (Italian: isola di San Michele, [ˈiːzola di sam miˈkɛːle]; Venetian: ìxoła de San Michièl) is an island in the Venetian Lagoon, Veneto, northern Italy. The island contains San Michele in Isola, a Catholic church, as well as the San Michele Cemetery, Venice’s principal cemetery. It is associated with the sestiere of Cannaregio, from which it lies a short distance northeast.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “San Michele” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.