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Torcello: what to see and how to get there<\/span><\/h2>\n

Island of Torcello<\/span><\/h2>\n

It is now almost completely uninhabited, but it was once one of the first islands in the Venetian lagoon to be inhabited.<\/p>\n

The people of Altino settled here when they fled from the barbarians.<\/p>\n

In 638 the bishop of Altino, transferred the relics and from this time Torcello continued to exist until the island was abandoned.<\/p>\n

From the 5th to the 11th century it became an important urban center with churches, monasteries, salt production<\/p>\n

TORCELLO CHURCH<\/a><\/p>\n

\"TORCELLO<\/p>\n

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The swamping of the surrounding lagoon and the need for a safer refuge prompted the island’s inhabitants to abandon Torcello and take refuge in Rivoaltu (Rialto), which had become the capital of the ducal seat.<\/p>\n

Over the next few centuries Torcello was abandoned and stripped of its marble and bricks, and they were used for new construction in Venice.<\/p>\n

WHAT TO SEE IN TORCELLO<\/span><\/h2>\n

Over the centuries the two main buildings of its ancient center have remained unscathed: the cathedral and the church of Santa Fosca.<\/p>\n

The cathedral dedicated to St. Mary of the Assumption<\/span><\/h2>\n

It was founded in the time of Heraclius, emperor of Byzantium, about 639 and is among the oldest Venetian-Byzantine buildings remaining in the lagoon.<\/p>\n

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Torcello cathedral<\/span><\/a><\/h2>\n

Not far away is the 11th-century bell tower:it is a sturdy square tower from the top of which there is an enchanting view of the lagoon.<\/p>\n

Another thing to see in Torcello is the church of Santa Fosca, near the cathedral, built around 1100.<\/p>\n

The cult of saints Fosca and Mura<\/span><\/h2>\n

The cult of Saints Fosca and Mura was established in Torcello in the 11th century itself<\/p>\n

When the remains of the two saints arrived on the island from Sabratha, a Punic-Roman city located near Tunis.<\/p>\n

The cathedral, the church of St. Fosca look toward the small square, a grassy space with a massive stone seat in the center called “Attila’s throne,” although the king of the Huns never had the opportunity to sit on that unusual stone.<\/p>\n

Instead, it was used by the island’s tribunes and is perhaps the most photographed artifact, as no one can resist the temptation to take a picture of themselves sitting on the throne.<\/p>\n

\"TORCELLO<\/p>\n

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THE DEVIL’S BRIDGE<\/p>\n

I recommend that you see in Torcello the Devil’s Bridge.<\/p>\n

You will see it on your right from the ACTV pier.<\/p>\n

Legend has it that during the Austrian rule in Venice, a young girl had fallen in love with an Austrian soldier; however, he was killed by her family, who were against that union, which was not at all patriotic.<\/p>\n

The young woman turned to a sorceress who gave her an appointment in Torcello, an isolated place and therefore perfect for magical rites.<\/p>\n

The sorceress invoked the devil on the bridge, and he made the Austrian appear and take the girl away; but the devil does nothing for nothing, and the sorceress promised him that for seven years on Christmas Eve she would bring him the soul of a newly dead child.<\/p>\n

But the sorceress died soon after and could not honor her pact with the devil….<\/p>\n

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So even today it is said that on the night of December 24 on the Devil’s Bridge in Torcello the devil comes futilely to claim his souls in the guise of a black cat.<\/p>\n

\"get<\/p>\n

Wish a tour to the island?… ask us<\/a>, no commitments…<\/p>\n

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