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1. Tessera–Favaro Cycle Path – Via Triestina loop from Mestre

17.1km

00:59

30m

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2. Bosco Ottolenghi – Access to the Mestre Woods loop from Venezia Carpenedo

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3. Laghetto del Forte Cosenz – Access to the Mestre Woods loop from Tessera

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Eraldo

June 4, 2023

The tower is 24 meters high with a circumference at the base of 14 m. It has a base in trachyte ashlars on which the "Altinelle" masonry rises, bricks widely used in the Venice area from the demolition of Altino, and tapers towards the top where the small windows of the bell cell open. Inside there are two small bronze bells, one of which is engraved with the date of fusion: 1509; an inscription on the facade of the church dated 1507 recalls the munificent abbot Trevisan who resurrected the church and monastery from the ruins with the help of the friars of San Cipriano di Murano

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Eraldo

June 4, 2023

The cylindrical tower was built between the 9th and 10th centuries by the Venetians, on a Romanesque-Byzantine scheme, similar to the watchtowers of Ravenna, Pomposa and Caorle, and owes its conservation to the Benedictine monastery which was already established in 1139 [1]. when the bishop of Treviso Gregorio Giustiniani consecrated the church and abbey to the name of Sant'Elena, entrusting their care to the Abbot of San Benedetto Po, subjected to the rule of Matilde di Canossa and the tower became its bell tower.

In the years from 1297 to 1330, the monastery was transformed into a hospital for the Archpriest of Mestre for the reception and shelter of wayfarers and pilgrims. It is mentioned as such in the notebooks of the tithes of the years 1297-1330 [2].

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Location: Venezia, Veneto, Italy

Church and Bell Tower of Sant'Elena, Tessera

1. Tessera–Favaro Cycle Path – Via Triestina loop from Mestre

2. Bosco Ottolenghi – Access to the Mestre Woods loop from Venezia Carpenedo

3. Laghetto del Forte Cosenz – Access to the Mestre Woods loop from Tessera

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