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to donate the whole island for a monastery. Morosini drained the island's marshes next to the church to get the ground for building, and founded the
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fell, the monastery was almost suppressed and the island became a
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and begun in 1566. The belltower has a ring of 9 bells in C#.
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893:San Giorgio in Alga
315:San Giorgio in Alga
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