S.Lazzaro (Venice)

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San Lazzaro degli Armeni is completely occupied by a monastery that is the mother-house of the Mekhitarist Order, the island is one of the world's foremost centers of Armenian culture.
The monastery and its gardens, noted for its peacocks, may be reached by vaporetto (#20 from S. Zaccaria) every 40 minutes and offers daily tours at 15.30 to visitors. The boats leave S. Zaccaria at 15.10 - 15.50 - 16.30, etc. The boats leave S.Lazzaro at 16.05 - 16.45 - 17.25, etc. Groups of visitors may ask a private tour with different schedule. Father Vertanes and other fathers guide the tours in several different languages. It also has a long tradition of hospitality to scholars and students, among whom Byron, who studied Armenian there during much of the year 1816, is remembered by a permanent exhibition.