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Torcello is a sparsely populated at the northern end of the , in north-eastern . It was first settled in 452 AD and has been referred to as the parent island from which Venice was populated.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Mazzorbo and Torcello Cathedral.

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is one of various islands in the northern part of the Lagoon of Venice. Like the other islands in this part of the lagoon, it was the site of one of the earliest settlements in the lagoon which predated the development of Venice.

Church
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The Church of Santa Maria Assunta is a basilica church on the island of Torcello, , northern Italy. It is a notable example of Late Paleochristian architecture, one of the most ancient religious edifices in the , and containing the earliest mosaics in the area of Venice.

Museum
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The Provincial Museum of Torcello is a museum founded at the end of 19th century on the Venetian island of Torcello. It has two sections: the Archaeological Section and the Medieval and Modern Section.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Burano.

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is an in the , northern Italy, near Torcello at the northern end of the lagoon, known for its lace work and brightly coloured homes. The primary economy is tourism.

Torcello

Latitude
45.49713° or 45° 29′ 50″ north
Longitude
12.41774° or 12° 25′ 4″ east
Population
13
Elevation
1 metre (3 feet)
Open location code
8FQJFCW9+V3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 57402446
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
3165539
Wiki­data ID
Q52441
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Venetian—“Torcello” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Torcello”
  • Arabic: “تورسيلو”
  • Armenian: “Տորչելլո”
  • Bulgarian: “Торчело”
  • Catalan: “Torcello”
  • Cebuano: “Torcello”
  • Chechen: “Торчело (Венеци)”
  • Chechen: “Торчело”
  • Chinese: “托爾切洛島”
  • Croatian: “Torcello”
  • Czech: “Torcello”
  • Dutch: “Torcello”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “تورسيلو”
  • Estonian: “Torcello”
  • Finnish: “Torcello”
  • French: “Torcello”
  • German: “Torcello”
  • Greek: “Τορτσέλλο”
  • Hebrew: “טורצ’לו”
  • Hebrew: “טורצלו”
  • Hungarian: “Torcello”
  • Indonesian: “Torcello”
  • Italian: “Torcello”
  • Japanese: “トルチェッロ”
  • Latin: “Torcellum”
  • Latin: “Torricellium”
  • Latin: “Turricellum”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Torcello”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Torcello”
  • Norwegian: “Torcello”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Torcello”
  • Persian: “تورچلو”
  • Polish: “Torcello”
  • Portuguese: “Torcello”
  • Russian: “Торчелло”
  • Sardinian: “Torcello”
  • Serbian: “Torcello, Venezia”
  • Serbian: “Торчело”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Torcello”
  • Slovenian: “Torcello”
  • Spanish: “Torcello”
  • Swedish: “Torcello”
  • Tatar: “Торчело (Венеция)”
  • Tatar: “Торчело”
  • Turkish: “Torcello”
  • Ukrainian: “Торчелло”
  • Venetian: “Torceło”
  • “Torcello”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Torcello”. Photo: Abxbay, CC BY-SA 3.0.