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Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Art lovers to get sneak preview of island ‘rebirth’ at Venice Biennale

A building on San Giacomo in Paludo in the Venetian lagoon.
A building on San Giacomo in Paludo in the Venetian lagoon. Photograph: Panama/Alamy

Visitors to the Venice Biennale this week will get a sneak preview of a long-abandoned island in the Venice lagoon that is being transformed into an artistic centre.

San Giacomo in Paludo sits in the north of the lagoon, between Murano and Burano, and first sprung to life in 1046 when Doge Orso Badoer II donated it for the construction of a monastery.

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