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compartment (
felze
), carved into the side of the altar itself.
Glass Mosaics and Dragon Bones
Basilica Santi Maria e Donato
Campo San Donato
Murano
Don't leave the island of Murano without visiting this beautiful medieval church with its twelfth-century floor
mosaic crafted from glass
tesserae
(pieces) fired in the furnaces of Murano. The church contains not only the
relics of San Donato, but also, according to legend, several bones of the dragon San Donato slayed simply by
spitting on it.