ABSTRACT
Once a jewel of the old Venetian lagoon, today this island is the emblem of a depressing historical trajectory shared by many other islands. Therefore, examining the history and vicissitudes of the communities of San Secondo and the ring of convents and monasteries scattered around it allows for a clearer understanding of the role that these settlements played in Venetian life and the profound changes that, over time, afflicted the lagoon. It would be under French and Austrian rule that the area's centuries-old history was brought to an abrupt end. The visual sources provide an extremely heterogeneous corpus of information that outlines the main historical events concerning the two religious communities. There is a strange kind of excitement, a craving almost, that is common to many architectural historians pursuing their studies, in their fevered search for documents and drawings that can lead to new and unexplored interpretations.
