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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 19/07/2026 20:30:00

The most ancient continuously inhabited island in the Venetian lagoon, settled from the fifth century by refugees fleeing barbarian invasions of the mainland, and the lagoon's dominant settlement until the ninth century when the rise of Venice on the Rialto islands drew population away. Today Torcello is home to fewer than a dozen permanent residents, its former urban fabric reduced to a single canal, a handful of buildings, and extensive archaeological remains scattered among wild vegetation an...