Sant'Erasmo Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
island in Northern Italy
About Sant'Erasmo
The first record of the island appears in the first half of the tenth century in the administrative records of Constantine VII of the Byzantine Empire. The island was a port in the Duchy of Venice attached to Murano. At the end of the 16th century it was described as an island full of vegetable gardens and vineyards that supplied to the city vegetables and fruits "in abundance and perfect". It is now known for market gardening. A typical product iscastraure, artichokes picked early. Ruined fortifications, including the so-called Torre Massimiliana (Tower of Maximilian), ring the isle. Forts existed in the island as early as the 16th century. After the fall of the Republic of Venice, the French built here a stronghold in 1811-1814. After Napoleon's defeat, the Austrian Archduke Maximilian o
Top Attractions in Sant'Erasmo
Explore the best things to see and do in Sant'Erasmo:
- ★Church of Cristo Re
- ★Massimiliana tower
Where to Stay in Sant'Erasmo
- 🏨Il lato azzurro
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