Fisolo
| Fisolo | ||
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| Waters | Venice lagoon | |
| Geographical location | 45 ° 21 '47.4 " N , 12 ° 17' 27.4" E | |
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| surface | 4.76 ha | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Fisolo is a small island in the Venice Lagoon, northwest of the city's historic center. The island has an area of 4.76 hectares and is located south of the historic center, opposite Porto di Malamocco on the Re di Fisolo canal. It is the only one of the former eight islands in the lagoon whose military defenses can still be seen.
history
Towards the end of the Republic of Venice, the island was converted into one of the eight fortresses that were supposed to protect Venice from attackers. This emerges from a letter from nobleman Zuannezuto from 1796. The other forts were in the southern lagoon, along with Fisolo, Campana , Ex Poveglia and Trezze ; Tessera , Carbonera , Campalto , Buel del Lovo or Batteria San Marco in the central and northern lagoon. In 1883 all fortresses were equipped with bastions, casemates and ammunition stores. A few bunkers were built during the Second World War.
Around 1990 hardly anything had been preserved apart from the ground plan and the typical shape of the fortresses, in 1997 parts of the buildings were restored on the initiative of the Consorzio Venezia Nuova.
Web links
- Batteria Fisolo, website of the Comune di Venezia ( Memento of September 19, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), archive.org, September 19, 2009
Remarks
- ↑ Venice Islands ( memento of March 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), archive.org, March 24, 2009.