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Torcello
Sign in to saveTorcello (; ) is a sparsely populated island at the northern end of the Venetian Lagoon, in north-eastern Italy. It was first settled in 452 AD 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.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Torcello
- Islands.image_name
- Venezia - Torcello 01.JPG
- Islands.image_caption
- View of Torcello
- Islands.map
- Venetian Lagoon
- Islands.waterbody
- Venetian Lagoon
- Islands.country
- Italy
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_1
- Region
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_1
- Veneto
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_2
- Province
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_2
- Province of Venice
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- Venice
- Population
- 13
- Area
- 0.441699
- Elevation
- 2
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Body of water
- Venetian Lagoon
- Image
- Venezia - Torcello 01.JPG
- Width
- 1.0
- Length
- 1.2
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- Commons category
- Torcello
- topic's main category
- Category:Torcello
- located in/on physical feature
- Venetian Lagoon
- Commons gallery
- Torcello
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- native label
- Torcello
via Wikidata · CC0
Article · Português
Torcello é uma ilha situada ao norte da Lagoa de Veneza. É considerada a região de Veneza continuamente habitada há mais tempo. O principal atrativo da ilha é a Catedral de Santa Maria Assunta, fundada em 639 e com muitas obras bizantinas dos séculos XI e XII, incluindo mosaicos.
Abstract from DBpedia / Wikipedia · CC BY-SA
Gallery (11)
On the map
3 mapped locations