We set out from Portegrandi for a boat trip to the island of S. Erasmo, also known as the “the kitchen gardens of the Most Serene Republic”. Check out the island’s famous “castraure” artichokes.
We might visit a traditional carciofaia (artichoke plot) and the Torre Massimiliana tower defending the Lido harbour. The next stage takes us to the Lazzaretto Nuovo island − one of the major means used by the Republic of Venice to defend itself against the bubonic plague and other incurable diseases.
Our third stop is at the imposing fortress and prison called Sant’Andrea, built to defend the Porto del Lido − and where the renowned Giacomo Casanova was jailed.
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We set out from Portegrandi for a boat trip to the island of S. Erasmo, also known as the “the kitchen gardens of the Most Serene Republic”. Check out the island’s famous “castraure” artichokes.
We might visit a traditional carciofaia (artichoke plot) and the Torre Massimiliana tower defending the Lido harbour. The next stage takes us to the Lazzaretto Nuovo island − one of the major means used by the Republic of Venice to defend itself against the bubonic plague and other incurable diseases.
Our third stop is at the imposing fortress and prison called Sant’Andrea, built to defend the Porto del Lido − and where the renowned Giacomo Casanova was jailed.
