Beside the basilica stretches the Benedictine monastery of San Giorgio, one of the largest and richest in Italy: for eight centuries the monks enlarged and embellished it, calling in the best architects of their time.
What to see inside
- Cini Foundation — The Palladio Cloister
- Fondazione Cini — The Buora Cloister and the Manica Lunga
- Fondazione Cini — The Palladian Refectory and the Wedding at Cana
- Fondazione Cini - The Longhena Staircase
- Fondazione Cini — The Longhena Library
- Cini Foundation — The Borges Labyrinth
- Fondazione Cini - The woods, the Vatican Chapels and the Teatro Verde