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Sat 07 Jul 2009Where the dead of Venice lie buried
IT SOUNDS a bit like a pub quiz question: composer Igor Stravinsky, ballet impresario Sergei Diaghilev and poet Ezra Pound, are all buried in Italy – but where in Italy?
The answer, of course, is Venice. But where in Venice? Well, head for the Fondamenta Nuove waterbus stop and hop aboard either a No 41 or a 42 vaporetto, as if you’re planning to visit Murano, the island where the beautiful coloured glass is manufactured. But you’re not. You’re getting off early, on the island of San Michele, where the dead of Venice, locals and blow-ins alike, are buried – and have been since the early 19th century.
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