San Lazzaro Degli Armeni

San Lazzaro degli Armeni (Armenian: Սուրբ Ղազարոս Կղզի, Surb Ghazaros Kghzi; English: Saint Lazarus Island) is a small island in the Venetian Lagoon, northern Italy, lying immediately west of the Lido; 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.

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