Italy-Veneto

Torcello island, the eleventh and 12th century Church of Santa Fosca, which is surrounded by a porticus in form of a Greek cross. Torcello was one of the first lagoon islands to be populated by Veneti who fled the mainland to take shelter from the barbarian invasions. Torcello rapidly grew as a political and trading centre and in the 10th century had a population of at least 10,000 people and was much more powerful than Venice.

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Torcello island, the eleventh and 12th century Church of Santa Fosca, which is surrounded by a porticus in form of a Greek cross. Torcello was one of the first lagoon islands to be populated by Veneti who fled the mainland to take shelter from the barbarian invasions. Torcello rapidly grew as a political and trading centre and in the 10th century had a population of at least 10,000 people and was much more powerful than Venice.