Torcello

Torcello
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	Torcello
Geography
Coordinates	45°29′48″N 12°25′02″E / 45.496565°N 12.417313°E
Adjacent to	Venetian Lagoon
Administration
	Italy
Region	Veneto
Province	Province of Venice

Torcello (Latin: Torcellum; Venetian: Torceło) is a sparsely populated^[1] island at the northern end of the Venetian Lagoon, in north-eastern Italy. It was first settled in 452 AD^[2] and has been referred to as the parent island from which Venice was populated. It was a town with a cathedral and bishops before St Mark's Basilica was built.^[3]^[4]

^ "Torcello, l'isola che sta sparendo Restano dieci abitanti. E un prete". Corriere del Veneto. 28 June 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
^ Kleinhenz, Christopher (2004-08-02). Medieval Italy: An Encyclopedia. ISBN 9781135948795.
^ (Firm), John Murray (1853). A Handbook for Travellers in Northern Italy: Being a Guide to the States of Sardinia, Lombardy and Venice, Parma and Piacenza, Modena, Lucca, and Tuscany as Far as the Val d'Arno. p. 347.
^ The Home Encyclopædia: Compiled and Revised to Date from the Leading Encyclopædias. Educational publishing Company. 1895. p. 5870.

[dieci-1] "Torcello, l'isola che sta sparendo Restano dieci abitanti. E un prete". Corriere del Veneto. 28 June 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2014.

[2] Kleinhenz, Christopher (2004-08-02). Medieval Italy: An Encyclopedia. ISBN 9781135948795.

[3] (Firm), John Murray (1853). A Handbook for Travellers in Northern Italy: Being a Guide to the States of Sardinia, Lombardy and Venice, Parma and Piacenza, Modena, Lucca, and Tuscany as Far as the Val d'Arno. p. 347.

[4] The Home Encyclopædia: Compiled and Revised to Date from the Leading Encyclopædias. Educational publishing Company. 1895. p. 5870.

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