Approaching the island of San Giacomo by boat, it is easy to believe you are arriving somewhere that has barely changed in a thousand years. The small square island is situated between Murano and Burano, its weathered brick walls consumed by flowers and vegetation, and the remnants of a medieval monastery emerging from the water with eerie stillness. 

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