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TORCELLO , an See also: island of See also: Venetia, See also: Italy, in the lagoons about 6 m. to the N.W. of Venice, belonging to the commune of See also: Burano
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It was a flourishing city in the early See also: middle ages, but now has only a few houses and two interesting churches
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The former See also: cathedral of S
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Maria was founded in the 7th century
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The See also: present See also: building, a See also: basilica with columns, See also: dates from 864; the See also: nave was restored in Ioo8, in which See also: year the now ruined octagonal baptistery was built
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It contains large mosaics of the 12th century, strongly under See also: Byzantine influence; those on the west See also: wall represent the Resurrection and Last See also: Judgment
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The seats for the priests are arranged round the semicircular apse, rising in steps with the See also: bishop's See also: throne in the centre—an arrangement unique in Italy
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Close by is S
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Fosca, a See also: church of the 12th century, octagonal outside, with colonnades on five sides and a rectangular interior intended for a dome which was never executed, beyond which is a three-apsed choir
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In the
See also: local museum are four Mycenaean vases, one found in the island and another on the adjacent island of Mazzorbo, proving See also: direct intercourse with the See also: Aegean See also: Sea in prehistoric times
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See R
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M
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See also: Dawkins, in Journal of Hellenic Studies (1904), See also: xxiv
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125
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