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San Marco in Boccalama

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San Marco in Boccalama was an island, now submerged, in the Venetian Lagoon, northern Italy. It was located between Campana, Sant'Angelo della Polvere and the motte di Volpego. The name derived from the presence of a church dedicated to St. Mark, and to its location at the mouth the Lama, an old branch of the river Brenta's mouth.

An oratory existed here from as early as 1013. After 1328 the erosion ot the island make life impossible to the monks, and from 1348 it was used as a common burial place inthe wake of the outbreak of the Black Death in Venice and its neighborhood. The last mentions of the islands date to the 16th century, after which it is likely it had already disappeared.

In the 1990s two medieval ships were found near the submerged island, a rascona (a flat transport boat) and a galley, the first example of this type found so far.

Sources

  • __ (2002). La galea ritrovata. Origine delle cose di Venezia. Venice. {{cite book}}: |author= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)