Located a short distance from the islands of Burano, Mazzorbo and Mazzorbetto, the current name of the island of Torcello seems to derive from Dorceum - a marshy islet - or from Turricellum, probably the name of one of the ports of ancient Altinum.
In the past it was the heart of the social and economic life of the Venetian civilization, permanently inhabited since the 7th century by a population dedicated to hunting, fishing and salt harvesting, and there were probably some peripheral villas near fishermen’s houses as well. Today it is an island inhabited by a few dozen people
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