Anthony by Francesco Zugno depicts the founder of the Oriental monasticism, who inspired Mekhitar. The altarpiece dedicated to the mother of Jesus depicts the Nativity of Mary by Domenico Maggiotto. Gregory altarpiece by Noè Bordignon depicts the saint performing the baptism of the Armenian king Tiridates III. They are all adorned by pieces of works, mainly by Venetian artists. All built in the period of 1735–38 by Mekhitar. Gregory the Illuminator, Mary, and Anthony the Great. The tomb of Mekhitar is located in the front of the altar.īesides the main altar, there are four other altars dedicated to the Holy Cross, St. In the church, there are frescoes and paintings by Antonio Ermolao Paoletti depicting Saint Peter, Saint Paul, John the Baptist and Saint Stephen. The three main windows of the altar's apse have stained glass which depict from left to right: Sahak Patriarch, Saint Lazarus, and Mesrop Mashtots. It is three-naved, supported by 6 red marble columns. Its apse was extended in 1899 primarily with an addition of neo-Gothic elements. The church was restored extensively by Mkhitar in 1722, five years after the settlement of Armenian monks. The church of San Lazzaro, although renovated several times through centuries, retains the 14th century pointed arch style. It is not attached to the church and stands alone near the northern side of the church. It is described as onion-shaped and oriental in style. The campanile (bell tower) was completed in 1750. Archaeological findings such as a Phoenician and early Christian inscriptions, a first century headless statue of a Roman noble from Aquileia and other artifacts. There is a 15th-century water well in the center of the cloister, which is surrounded by trees and shrubs. The cloister of the monastery consists of a colonnade of 42 columns in the Doric order. The monastery currently contains a church with a campanile (bell tower), residential quarters, library, museums, picture gallery, manuscript repository, printing plant, sundry teaching and research facilities, gardens, a bronze statue of Mkhitar erected by Antonio Baggio in 1962, an Armenian Genocide memorial erected in the 1960s, and a 14th-century basalt khachkar (cross stone) donated by the Soviet Armenian government in 1987. In 1717 San Lazzaro was ceded by the Republic of Venice to Mkhitar Sebastatsi (Mechitar) and his followers who established an Armenian Catholic monastery. San Lazzaro degli Armeni is a small island in the Venetian Lagoon. Settled in the 9th century, it was a leper colony during the Middle Ages.
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