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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 19/07/2026 20:28:00

A small archaeological and medieval art museum on the island of Torcello in the northern Venetian lagoon, housed in two historic buildings adjacent to the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta. The collection presents artefacts from the lagoon's earliest inhabited island, which served as the principal settlement of the Venetian lagoon from the fifth to the eleventh century before Venice itself rose to prominence and Torcello declined to the near-deserted state visitors find today. The Palazzo dell'A...