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BURANO , a See also: town of See also: Venetia, in the province of Venice, on an See also: island in the lagoons, 6 m
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N.E. of Venice by See also: sea
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Pop
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(1901) 8168
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It is a fishing town, with a large royal school of lace-making employing some 500 girls
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It was founded, like all the towns in the lagoons, by fugitives from the Mainland cities at the See also: time of the See also: barbarian invasions
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See also: Torcello is a See also: part of the commune of Burano
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