Torcello
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Torcello 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 Veni
View of Torcello
View of Torcello in a book published in Venice in 1534
Central Torcello, with the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta and the Church of Santa Fosca
Facade of the cathedral.
Altinum
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Altinum was an ancient town of the Veneti 15 km southeast of modern Treviso, close to the mainland shore of the Lagoon of Venice. It was also close to the mouths of the rivers Dese, Zero and Sile. A f
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…who fled the terra ferma (mainland) to take shelter from the recurring barbarian invasions, especially after Attila the Hun had destroyed the city of Altinum and all of the surrounding settlements in 452. Although the hard-fought Veneto region formally belonged to the Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna since the…
Remains of the Roman decumanus
Altinum in the Tabula Peutingeriana