Motta di Sant'Antonio
The Motta di Sant'Antonio was a fortress or a tower on the eastern edge of Venice . It served to protect the eastern part of the city and thus the arsenal .
During the Festa della Sensa , the Dane ship, the Bucintoro , was rowed eastwards towards the Adriatic . In front of the Motta di Sant'Antonio, the traditional hymns of praise to the Doge were sung.
The Motta became famous for a painting by Canaletto that was painted in the 1740s and shows the view of the lagoon from the fortress.
With a decree of 7 December 1807 by Napoleon , the Motta, together with the island, which was bordered by the lagoon and the Rio di San Giuseppe, was released for the construction of a public garden. The triangular island of San Giuseppe and the area around today's Via Garibaldi were affected . Churches and fishermen's houses were to be demolished there. Accordingly, in addition to the church and monastery of San Domenico, the church and monastery of the Capuchins of San Nicolò, as well as of Sant'Antonio Abate (already abolished in 1768), a hospital for sailors, a home for girls and two mills disappeared .
Today, the gardens in which the Biennale takes place are located on the site .
Remarks
- ↑ Lina Urban: Processioni e fixed dogali. "Venetia est mundus" , 1998, p. 92.
- ↑ Udo Störmer : This is Venice too: Sant'Elena - from the medieval monastery island to the modern residential area , 2003, p. 29f.