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In
the 16th century Protestants were buried
by the church of Santi Apostoli in Cannaregio.
Later, however, their cemetery was transferred
to the Lido, near the church of San Nicolò,
and there it remained until the present
municipal cemetery on the island of San
Michele was established under Austrian occupation
in the 1840s, when a section was set aside
for Protestants. When the Lido airport near
San Nicolò was extended in the 1970s,
the historic gravestones (French, Swedish
and German as well as British) were removed;
they included that of Consul Joseph Smith,
which was taken to the Anglican church of
St George in Dorsoduro. The remaining British
gravestones were cleaned and consolidated
in 1994-95; these commemorate Elizaeus Burges
(British Resident in Venice, 1719-21) and
John Murray (British Resident, 1754-65).
They have been set up at intervals along
the new wall, together with those of other
nationalities restored by the French Committee
and the German Cultural Institute.
DIRECTION OF WORKS: Superintendency for
the Environmental and Architectural Heritage
CONSERVATOR: Claudia di Maio |
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