Casa Sibilla

One of the islands that make embankment to the lagoon of Venice, are Sant' Erasmo with beautiful gardens and vineyards,' which sells the city of Venice with number of different greens and fruit perfect Sant' Erasmo was therefore considered, and is still, as the garden of Venice in which t hey produce vegetable (from "castraure" to "sparesee"), which for the goodness of their taste, due to the peculiarity of land, in part in the sandy and cretoso, are very popular and requests to Rialto

The island one of the largest of the lagoon of Venice, is situated in an area of strategic importance for the connection between the lagoon (Murano, Burano, Torcello, etc.) and the coast of Punta Sabbioni, and Cavallino Treporti

Sant' Erasmo, with the time, it found itself increasingly isolated, abandoned in itself, forgotten by many municipal administrations and from any type of investment, public or private, in the medium or long term.. The Lido di Sant' Erasmo had formerly different names: Lido Mercede or port (from the fact that the altinati, as recalled Martial, ricoveratisi in that place, digging to build a church, they found a large quantity of gold almost as a premium, Mercede precisely, of the work that they were making)

In the time had different names: Lido register, Lido bromine, Lido di Torcello or of Murano, Duke origin Anafesto (712, first Doge of Venice). The entire area was covered, along the sea, from a dense forest of pines and took the name of pinewood greater; yet in 1455 is situated track of this jungle in a law to the Pretore torcelliano, with which it on strict sanctions to those who had burned or damaged the pines of the Lido. Later the Selva disappeared, probably disappeared from the sea

On 792 the fugitives from Altino, led by a certain Mauro, seems to have built a church dedicated to the martyrs Erme and Erasmus at the place where first stood a withdrawal of time (religious main in solitude)) to the southern part of the island. Currently the island is still very note for its gardens and agricultural products very sought after.