 A Greek mercantile community numbering around 5,000 in the Renaissance and late Middle Ages was based in this district, with the Flanginian School and the Greek Orthodox Church of San Giorgio dei Greci being located here, of which the former comprises the Hellenic Institute of Byzantine and post-Byzantine Studies in Venice and the latter is now the seat of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Italy.Other significant structures were by the monasteries in the north of the quarter.Napoleon closed the Arsenal and planned what are now the Bienniale Gardens.