San Lazzaro degli Armeni

San Lazzaro degli Armeni (Italian: [san ˈladdzaro deʎʎ arˈmɛːni], lit. "Saint Lazarus of the Armenians"; sometimes called Saint Lazarus Island in English; Armenian: Սուրբ Ղազար, romanized: Surb Ghazar) is a small island in the Venetian Lagoon which has been home to the monastery of the Mekhitarists, an Armenian Catholic congregation, since 1717. It is one of the two primary centers of the congregation, along with the monastery in Vienna.

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Haus zum Ritter St. Georg

On the main street, opposite the tower of the Church of the Holy Spirit, stands the House of the Knight St. George. Built in 1592 by the Huguenot cloth merchant Charles Bélier, it resembles the gabled house that was common in Heidelberg before the city was destroyed. 

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