Hi travellers just yesterday I went exploring because I have to organise a guided tour with some people to the church of Santa Caterina di Mazzorbo a former monastery of Benedictine nuns now partly practically abandoned and located on the island of Mazzorbo in the Venice lagoon.
Think that this island is very close to the famous island of Burano, which many people visit because it is famous for its lace, but fortunately a group of volunteers who live in the area are trying to recover this church for guided tours to somehow manage to open it to the public.
Also because they told me it was really recovered and restored a few years ago, so it is really a shame that it remains closed, and in fact we were talking about this in order to organise guided tours for groups of tourists who want to visit this place.
Several years ago, more than 300 mostly elderly people lived on this island, practically living off farming and collaborating with the Benedictine monastery, which was later destroyed due to the Napoleonic suppressions
Another thing that struck me about this place is that there are many well-preserved mosaics and I had practically only seen them inside St Mark's Basilica, in no other church in Venice.
I have to tell you that the thing that impressed me most about this church is the interior, because its appearance has not changed over time and it has retained that appearance dating back to the 13th century, when it was practically built and every part of it has come down to the present day.
I was very intrigued by this mezzanine that you see in this last photo where there were grates, it was from there that the nuns practically attended religious services precisely because they could not come into contact with the faithful, a very peculiar thing.
I have taken lots of photos to take you virtually on this tour with me I hope you enjoyed it I would like to remind you that to reach this island you just have to use the Venetian public transport service because if you go to nearby Burano you can also drop in on this place We are about 30-40 minutes from St. Mark's Square.
