Sant'Angelo della Polvere is an island in the Venetian Lagoon located on the canal which connects Murano and Burano.From 1060 it housed a church and monastery. In 1555 the island took its present name; when the Senate of the Republic of Venice decided to depopulate it due to its unhealthy air and to install in it a gunpowder depot. On 29 August 1689 lightning struck the island; destroying the whole complex. The island remained abandoned.Venetian Lagoon. Venice (Venise; Venedig ). Italy. 2020.